I will get back to our posting our trip tomorrow or at least I hope soon. Some of our great friends are homeless currently as they transition to another house while they build so we have had the special treat of having roommates for the last week and they got to stay here while we were gone. Its been so much fun and definitely makes me think cohabiting with another family could be really fun and convienent. It does help that we are pretty similar and have known each other for over a decade I think.
Do we serve a magnificent God or what?
I can't tell you how often I have been reminded of that as of late. The drive was incredible. God's creatures are so remarkable & unique. The ocean is vast and deep teaming with life. Amazing! How could any one doubt that there was a creator. Let alone think it was an exact moment of random molecules that collided to create a cosmic boom and the earth formed into what it is out of complete and utter chaos.
I know I am a girl of reason but really people, really?
But the trouble is most people do believe in a God. A Creator. Just don't really care to get to know Him. Think of Him as out of reach, judging, and unjust. However, He is exactly the opposite. He wants and desires and solely created us to know Him. To crave it. To be fully satisfied in HIM and Him alone.
Verse after verse in scripture points to it. But take a look at James 4.
4 You adulterers![a] Don’t you realize that friendship with the world makes you an enemy of God? I say it again: If you want to be a friend of the world, you make yourself an enemy of God. 5 What do you think the Scriptures mean when they say that the spirit God has placed within us is filled with envy?[b] 6 But he gives us even more grace to stand against such evil desires. As the Scriptures say,
7 So humble yourselves before God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. 8 Come close to God, and God will come close to you. Wash your hands, you sinners; purify your hearts, for your loyalty is divided between God and the world. 9 Let there be tears for what you have done. Let there be sorrow and deep grief. Let there be sadness instead of laughter, and gloom instead of joy. 10 Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up in honor.
Admit you can't do it alone. You are a failure. You aren't perfect. You are full of sin. You have fallen short of the glory of God. Yet He knows it. And He loves you regardless. But what He desires to do is make you whole again and the only way He can is for you to pursue Him fully (100%) devoted.
Thank you Lord for the gifts I have been given. Eyes to see Your beauty in creation. Let me never stop becoming more and more aware of YOU.
1. quiet children - sleeping in carseats, watching movies, just pure contentment
2. their wild imaginations
3. silencing croaking frogs on my 10 mile run
4. the pure ability to run 10 miles. i honestly can't believe my body still functions
5. winding roads - love those divided interstates
6. southern accents
7. the lure of wheels to cause a sleeping baby
8. an ombre sky effect - beautiful
9. snuggling with all our kiddos in a king size bed
10. the lapping waves of the tide
11. the tricks the sea lions and dolphins can perform - You made them so smart
12. my hubs (32 years) - couldn't be more thankful for the best friend and partner he is
13. a complete rainbow - we couldn't quite see the whole thing due to some clouds but in awe
14. time & energy to keep training for the big race next weekend
15. Grandma Darcy's bag of tricks
16. Shadd's quote "Its just so good to be home" - nothing like your home
17. great friends to share our home with for a few weeks - its been a fun slumber party
18. moments of discipline (especially Ells - its been a rough few weeks)
19. the flexibility and ability to enjoy Uncle J's last college golf tourney
20. making memories big and small as a family, even if its hard and more of a disaster than a success
Such a great reminder about our Great God! Thanks for sharing your thoughts!
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