"be still, and know that I Am God,
I will be exalted among the nations,
I will be exalted in the earth!"
psalm 46:10
in light of tragedies and loss and and bombs and fear and all those unknowns...
sometimes it's okay to quiet.
to slow.
i don't think you have to know the answers,
though we would like them.
sometimes restlessness rages in because there must be *something* you can do...
and there are times for that.
but sometimes,
maybe the better thing
is just to sit in His presence.
to allow Him to quiet your heart from all those fears and from all the unknowns.
and maybe it's naive -
that mama and i talked in that playground last week,
we talked of those "what ifs",
what if, as we sat there on that green, a bullet flew and one of us died,
if one our children were struck,
what then?
and she said it quiet,
i would still trust Him. i would. because i know where we are going and i know Who is in control. but maybe that's foolish. a lot of my friends think so...
and i looked at her and i shared what we've lost. i shared of that horrid new year's eve and the life we lost in the softly falling snow. i looked at her and i told her that it's faith. it's trusting in a good God when everything else falls apart.
because when it all seems good, when everything seems to be going our way, that is precisely when we need to plant those seeds of faith...
so that when it all falls apart, when everything around us explodes in chaos and all those unknowns fly in the air around us, we can rest in His presence,
maybe not knowing the whys, but knowing, so very deep down, that He is good.
3 gifts round
2058. mug of coffee
2059. crispy apple
2060. that dimple under her lip
3 gifts white
2061. clean teeth
2062. lazy, hazy clouds
2063. apple blossoms in those orchards
3 gifts surprisingly found
2064. kindred spirits
2065. matching socks
2066. common ground
3 gifts in His Word
2067. luke 10:22 - my name is in heaven
2068. romans 1:12 It is a gift to be encouraged by another's faith
2069. acts 2:28 - He shows us the path to life - being with Him is joy
3 gifts @ 11AM, 2PM, 6PM
2070. school chaos
2071. nap snuggles with zeruiah
2072. laughter at MH
3 gifts nailed together
2073. this house
2074. the fence the neighbour fixed
2075. my desk
3 gifts waited for
2076. that abused dog we adopted - her tail finally wagged when she saw us!
2077. vacation plans finalized
2078. those cherry trees to bloom
3 gifts raising up
2079. 8 hours of sleep uninterrupted
2080. seeing beauty in our ashes
2081. watching the sun come up in the early nursing hours
a gift hiding, held, heard
2082. elias under his blanket
2083. zeruiah snuggled up in that ergo
2084. lyla singing
3 gifts opened up
2085. yellow tulips
2086. jar of salsa
2087. a book avoided too long
3 gifts budding/blooming
2088. our japenese weeping willow
2089. hyacinths
2090. those flowers hanging over our fence
3 gifts worn
2091. that circle of gold and diamonds on my finger
2092. skin stretched, changed
2093. zeruiah's tears
3 gifts bright
2094. date night
2095. all their smiles
2096. 6 AM morning light
3 gifts found looking up
2097. dark rain clouds
2098. the cross that points to hope
2099. tony's hope beyond circumstances
and it's in the little ways,
the small thanks that keep me quiet before Him.
He is here - even when it's chaos,
even when it's scary and we don't understand.
Jesus is here and i quiet my heart before Him...
(and huge thank you to Gravrock Photography for including our little family in the pictures at Madison House...a gift treasured.)
