Gleanings are the “leftovers” — the vegetables from the edges of the field after the harvest, the grapes that dropped from the vine, the fruit that fell from the tree, the grain from the corners of the mill, the change in our pocket at the end of the day.
God told the Israelites: When you reap the harvest of your land, you should not reap to the very edges of your fields, or gather the gleanings of your harvest; you should leave them for the poor and for the alien, [Lev 23:22].
Gleanings can sustain us when we may not have all the resources we need.
Gleanings are part of God’s just enough [check Proverbs 30:8] and his abundance [that one is in John 10:10]. They are one way he provides for both those who have and those who may not have all that they really need. Someone who may not have enough — enough food, enough clothing or shelter, enough training to do a certain job, enough time to meet responsibilities — will benefit when we leave part of our abundance behind. And someone who has enough and a little more will benefit from the blessing of being a blessing to others. God never works a single agenda.
So this page will be a collection. It will include ideas, experiences, questions, opinions, perspectives from the edges as well as the middle of the harvest. And it will include contributions from others to enhance our understanding of God and our relationship with him, and expand our appreciation of Christ’s joy in our journeys.