This blog is inspired by fellow partner in ministry David Miller. No I am not related. Anyways here is his post titled "In Awe of God".
The idea that really got me thinking was the verses from Psalms.
Psalm 8:3-4 says,
"When I consider your heavens,the work of your fingers,the moon and the stars,which you have set in place, what is man that you are mindful of him,the son of man that you care for him?"
This blows my mind. We are given a soul. We are also first loved and cannot love until we realize that God is loving us no matter what. This is very well summed up by Misty Edwards in the song, What only you can do (ignore the actual images on the video).
All I know is that we have a loving God. A God who cares enough to make us amazed by everything around us. Trees, grass, mountains, lakes, etc. etc. Whatever gets you going just remember God created it.
Yet so often we miss the most beautiful, most common creation and that is simply human beings. We look for beauty all around and we find it. But we miss the greatest creation. We miss the creation that God cared so much about that he created other stuff for humans to take care of.
Next time you are searching for beauty dont look beyond those standing around you. Those who are closest to you. Look at their hearts and not their faces. That is where the true beauty lies.
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
Friday, March 12, 2010
Day 3
Have you ever been snowboarding or skiing?
Have you ever been snowboarding or skiing out west?
Have you ever been snowboarding or skiing out west for 8 hours 2 days straight?
If you answered yes to that last question you will relate to what this post is talking about. Recently I took a trip to Utah to go snowboarding. It was amazing. The second day we got a foot of powder and it was just oh so good. We were out on the mountain for 2 straight days for about 8 hours each day. If you have never experienced this it is exhausting. Each night we came back to the house we were staying at and just crashed. Our bodies were tired, our minds were tired, and all I could do is just sit around.
The trip however was for 3 days. We had a third day to go out to the mountain. Personally I was only able to be out there for a couple hours. I knew that because I was so physically and mentally tired that if I were to stay out any longer I would probably catch an edge and kill myself. I think the biggest problem was that I was not physically preparing to be out on the mountain that long. My body's endurance was not at a place where I could handle three days of snowboarding.
This made me think about my faith. In fact I think this is such a good way to think about our faith as Christians. When we are living out our lives day to day we need to strive to constantly be seeking the Lord. If you are living and you decide to just put effort into God for 2 days 8 hours each day you are going to struggle on day number 3.
This is a very simple concept but such an important one. I think that with our faith we need to be training and working all the time at growing. I can live each day out and then if I decide to hit up the "God mountain" I will get exhausted and will not have the outcome that I previously envisoned.
I want to throw the challenge out to constantly be training in your faith. Constantly be looking for ways that you can prepare so that you will not hit the mountain that third day and feel like you are going to catch an edge because you are so exhausted.
Have you ever been snowboarding or skiing out west?
Have you ever been snowboarding or skiing out west for 8 hours 2 days straight?
If you answered yes to that last question you will relate to what this post is talking about. Recently I took a trip to Utah to go snowboarding. It was amazing. The second day we got a foot of powder and it was just oh so good. We were out on the mountain for 2 straight days for about 8 hours each day. If you have never experienced this it is exhausting. Each night we came back to the house we were staying at and just crashed. Our bodies were tired, our minds were tired, and all I could do is just sit around.
The trip however was for 3 days. We had a third day to go out to the mountain. Personally I was only able to be out there for a couple hours. I knew that because I was so physically and mentally tired that if I were to stay out any longer I would probably catch an edge and kill myself. I think the biggest problem was that I was not physically preparing to be out on the mountain that long. My body's endurance was not at a place where I could handle three days of snowboarding.
This made me think about my faith. In fact I think this is such a good way to think about our faith as Christians. When we are living out our lives day to day we need to strive to constantly be seeking the Lord. If you are living and you decide to just put effort into God for 2 days 8 hours each day you are going to struggle on day number 3.
This is a very simple concept but such an important one. I think that with our faith we need to be training and working all the time at growing. I can live each day out and then if I decide to hit up the "God mountain" I will get exhausted and will not have the outcome that I previously envisoned.
I want to throw the challenge out to constantly be training in your faith. Constantly be looking for ways that you can prepare so that you will not hit the mountain that third day and feel like you are going to catch an edge because you are so exhausted.
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