No,

But really-

Do you see it?

God is extremely faithful. 

Every time I have one of these revelations I just can’t believe it. As I look back on broken relationships and situations..or even fears and perceptions..and then I see where all those things are in my life now….it is a mouth dropping moment.

a moment of awe.

a moment of fearing the Lord. Yes, God, I am in awe of your beautiful work in my life.

Now, I am trying to look at everything in my life at the present moment. All the confusing situations, the unknown paths, current lessons, yada yada..I am anticipating and anxiously awaiting to see the beauty God turns them all into. I want to experience them different this time around, however. I want to watch them play out. Watch the beauty unfold right before my eyes.

I want to be awake to the incredible work my Father is doing in my life. My completely, undeserving, life.
 

Well, Well...

Just Call Me Columbus

“Yet we do not want to follow a Western, middle-class Paul who is so removed from the biblical Paul that children can freely disobey their parents and church members can justify racism. Our personal quest is to rediscover Paul so that we can imitate him as he imitates Christ.” -C.R.R.

I feel like we could take this same approach on many other aspects of the Bible.

To Ruminate:

What imitation(s) of mine need a quest of rediscovering.
 

Dream Illusion

“Don’t copy the behaviors and customs of this world..” -Paul the Apostle

Romans twelve. ——–Every other letter of his.

Paul challenges the pagan norms.

Do I?

To Ruminate:

The patterns of this world lead to the American dream.

A Parallel Food Trail

I am thankful for the small things today.

The small conversations, smells, journal entries, choices, tastes, all of it.

I am grasping more of how woven God is in absolutely everything of this world.

I used my Kavu bag for the first time since Haiti; i immediately fell right back into the deep passion of returning to that beautiful place again, simply by the smell coming off the bag, the paint splattered all over it, and the Germ-X crammed in the pocket. Slipping into a blank stare, I prayed-

“Thank-you Father, for that refreshing remembrance of the path you are calling me on. You orchestrated that paint to spill on my bag, my choice to clean everything out but that Germ-X, and you knew I would need to use this bag today. But more amazingly, You knew I would need that light today, right now. Thank-you. May I love You with my all today, just like You do me- everyday.”

God places things in our life so make our way back.

Just like following a food trail, we will only stay on the path if our eyes are open to what has been placed to show us the way. 

Lesson learned today:

We are our own light, when we don’t even see it.