Certified So: Redefining Happiness
The Waiter
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First,

Instead of being focused

On our own necessities,

Is the golden key

That causes Heaven's gates

To open wide,

Where the pantry

Of the Lord

Is always full,

And every shelf

Is well supplied,

From which He gives us

Everything we need,

To feed the needs

Of everyone,

Who sits at every table!Luke 6:38

For this,

Is where the flour of faith

Comes from!1 Corinthians 12:4-11

And this,

Is where the golden oil

Of everlasting joy

Comes from!1 Thessalonians 2:19-20

No,

Not from striving

To increase it.

But rather,

From being like

A faithful waiter,

And from freely

Feeding others first,

From what the Lord Himself

So freely gives us.Proverbs 11:25

This profound ability,

To give so overflowing

And so endlessly,

Is the secret God concealed,

In the mustard seed

Sized meal,

The widow fed Elijah.

And this,

Is what the Lord

Has promised to reveal,

To all,

Who seek

To do the same.

To all,

Who seek to feed

The needs of others first,

Instead of being focused

On their own needs first,

Or on the things