Last night I was reminded of a trait of God. He is a God of abundance. I am reminded of this through the story of Jesus feeding the 5000. After feeding these people with only some fish and bread, there were twelve baskets leftover. God knew how much food would feed these people. Yet he chose to have leftovers. This little tidbit of information is put into scripture to illustrate God's complete and abundant provision.
This is a comfort to me. There are times in my life that I forget how big God really is. I put him in my version of reality, instead of allowing him to feed the masses with a small lunch. He is able to do so much more than I can even imagine! Yet I hold on to my life protecting it and guarding it, and from what? The God of abundance?
Thursday, January 31, 2008
Friday, January 11, 2008
Small Confessions
Not many people know this little tidbit about me. I love to organize! I don't usually tell people this little obsession because they look at me as if I had two heads. And these past few weeks have been absolutely fabulous in the world of organizing. I have cleaned out closets and thrown out stuff and given stuff away and filed papers. I feel absolutely liberated! Just wanted to share my victories with you all!
Monday, January 7, 2008
Big Butts...
When I originally started this blog, I thought it would be rather serious. But my children just give me to much fodder to write about. Here is one piece of tidbit that I must share. A teacher at school had to tell me this.
My oldest son Trey, 10, was in an art class and they were drawing black widows. The teacher was explaining the difference about the male and female, the hourglass, etc. My son drew a picture of the spider. She asked him if it was a male or female. He said female. She said how can you tell? He said, "Because it has a big butt. And females have big butts." I thought it was very funny, because most of the females in his familly have big butts, so it is only natural to assume that you are not a woman unless you have a big butt. I am simultaneously pleased and not so pleased with this. I am happy because he has not bought into our cultures view of perfection. I am not so pleased because, frankly, I am a "female in his family".
My oldest son Trey, 10, was in an art class and they were drawing black widows. The teacher was explaining the difference about the male and female, the hourglass, etc. My son drew a picture of the spider. She asked him if it was a male or female. He said female. She said how can you tell? He said, "Because it has a big butt. And females have big butts." I thought it was very funny, because most of the females in his familly have big butts, so it is only natural to assume that you are not a woman unless you have a big butt. I am simultaneously pleased and not so pleased with this. I am happy because he has not bought into our cultures view of perfection. I am not so pleased because, frankly, I am a "female in his family".
Saturday, January 5, 2008
My Motto for the Year!
I have decided on a theme for this year. After a look back at last year, I realized I did a lot of crying for various reasons. So this year I want it to be different. My motto for this year is "No whining. Lots more laughing." (see Phil.2:14).
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