Thursday, March 22, 2018

Gifts from Our Creator!


Last year I had 2 little wrens who nested in a watering can on my patio.
I enjoyed watching them build it but I couldn't see inside.

This year they returned to build a nest inside a plastic bag inside a basket on my patio.
This pair of hard working little birds flew back and forth 
with bits and pieces in their beaks.
They worked for many hours over several days while being alert 
to any danger that might present itself.  
This is the fruit of their labor:
 
One day I saw one of the birds flying back and forth with something in its beak.
I walked out onto the patio and peaked into the nest as closely as I could.
Yes!
Daddy is providing for Momma as she sits on her eggs!

What a beautiful picture of God's provision and protection.

"You are my hiding place from every storm of life..."
Psalm 32:7a

Every time I walk out onto the patio I peek inside the nest.
Momma is always in there peering back at me.
Then, a few days I go when I peeked inside I saw:
Momma was taking a break so I was blessed with this gift!

I'm so thankful for the amazing moments God gives me.
So many of them are so small or fleeting 
that we miss them if we are not living in that moment.

God's Word tells us that:

 For his invisible attributes, namely, 
his eternal power and divine nature, 
have been clearly perceived, 
ever since the creation of the world, 
in the things that have been made. 
So they are without excuse.
Romans 1:20 ESV

Nature reveals God.
In these tiny birds I see how God provides for His creation.
I see how each facet of creation has a role to fulfill 
and is given exactly what is needed to fulfill it.

Jesus Himself said:

Look at the birds of the air: 
they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, 
and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. 
Are you not of more value than they?
Matthew 6:26 ESV

Keep your senses tuned to God's creation.
He will amaze and astound you when you do.

Meanwhile, I'm waiting expectantly for baby birds.

Father, 
Thank You for the gifts You lavish on me through Your creation.  
In Jesus' Name,
Amen.



Thursday, March 1, 2018

Do You Know That You Are Loved?


     Do you know that you are loved?  If you have a relationship with Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior, you are loved more than you can imagine.  That being said, to know how much you are loved you need to be "rooted and established" in that love.  That doesn't happen by accident.  To obtain this knowledge of being loved you must spend time with the One who loves you so.

     Thankfully, God doesn't leave us alone to grasp this knowledge.  He  has given us His word, access to Himself through prayer in the Name of His Son, Jesus Christ, and fellowship with other believers to help us grow in this knowledge.  It is in spending time reading His word, speaking and LISTENING to Him through prayer, and gathering together with "all the saints" that we come to know the "fullness of God".

     I spent over 30 years in a marriage where I was not loved.  As I look back over that time I am amazed to see how God's love for me shines through especially in the darkest moments.  It is wonderful at this stage in my life to know how much I have been, am, and will be loved by my heavenly Father.  Nothing can change that.  No one can change that.  I am loved!  So are you!

     Please, if you don't know this amazing One who loves you so seek Him out. He has promised us that:


If you do know Him, continue to seek Him.  I can assure you from my own life experience that He will reveal more and more of Himself to you.  You will "be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God".