Hope

Just a word of encouragement.  Life is tricky sometimes.  Rough.  Scary.  We tend to wring our hands while we're praying.  Sort of a mixture of honorable dependence on God, and fretful worry.  Take heart.  When you know Jesus as your Savior, His comfort and activity become real.  He is always at work, and He is always faithful.  

"LET US HOLD FAST THE CONFESSION OF OUR HOPE WITHOUT WAVERING, FOR HE WHO PROMISED IS FAITHFUL."  Hebrews 10:23

Our hope is not based on our own activity, or on the choices of family members, or on the promises of flawed people.  Our hope is based on the CHARACTER OF GOD.  Solid.  Perfect.  Never changing.  Trustworthy.

Gray Jay

I've always called them Camp Robbers.  I don't know if it's really the same bird, or not.  They have very well known behaviors, though:  no fear, a strong longing for whatever you're eating, definite curiosity.  It's a delightful thing to lure them in for a cracker (or whatever!) and end up with them landing on your head!

And my Father cares for them.  But He cares for me far more.

"Look at the birds of the air, that they do not sow, nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them.  Are you not worth much more than they?"  (Matthew 6:26)

It's a good thing to rest in the care of our loving, sovereign, saving God.

Dancing Before the Lord

Lately I've been pondering how we worship God.  Privately, or in a gathering of other believers.  So often we're distracted, or concerned with appearances.  Sometimes I wish I were invisible.  And in that invisible place, this is what my heart looks like.  Vibrant with color.  Blown by the wind.  Leaping for joy.

I'll be adding words to this.  I just haven't decided yet what I want this to SAY.  So you're seeing it in process.

The Lord is My Shepherd

I love the contrast of how we tend to see ourselves, in our sinful state, and how God sees us because of the work of Jesus Christ!  I've been slowly working my way through a book called "A Shepherd Looks at Psalm 23" by Phillip Keller.  It's poignant how LIKE sheep we are!  Like the smaller text in this drawing...stubborn, habit driven, fearful, needy, wayward, rebellious, ungrateful, foolish, panicky....!

Thank You, my God that You see me as BELOVED, PURSUED, REDEEMED!!  And that's the truth.