10 Jan God is great. It’s such an understatement.
Every Sunday morning I get up extra early to go have church with a large group of very special four year olds in Waumba land. Being directly after Saturday night, it is generally very hard to get out of my bed on Sunday morning. However, once that first child arrives in our classroom any grumpiness that greeted me with my alarm clock flies out the window. Today was no different…in fact I set my alarm back thirty minutes and didn’t have time to wash my hair. (oops.)
Since I have missed the past couple of weeks due to my travels I didn’t know what our bible verse is for the month…today I discovered: “Let the little children come to me.” Luke 18:16
Our leader told the story about the lost sheep…you know the ONE of ONE HUNDRED that got lost and the shepherd still had to find. But it was just one…of one hundred, yet he was still important enough and special enough to be looked for. It’s amazing how the stories that are portrayed in a silly and outrageous manner can touch my (still childlike) heart. Our leader said something about how special each child was and how he is always there for us no matter how unimportant or small we could think we are. We’re each especially special to our father who loves loves LOVES us. I wanted to cry.
Then in church we sang “Our God” which is one of my favorite songs for both it’s lyrical and instrumental qualities… but today the lines:
“Into the darkness you shine
Out of the ashes we rise
There’re no one like You
None like you…
And if our God if for us
Then who could ever stop us?
And if our God is with us
Then what could stand against?”
They just sort of got to me.
AND DEN…I began reading The Raggamuffin Gospel…because my small group is currently reading it. I didn’t even get into the first 13 pages before I was teary-eyed and ever so thankful that I don’t have to earn my grace.
Today I could not be more thankful for the truth of who God is. I know that God has been using the past year in my life to pull me, smoosh me, twist me, and piece me into more of the person He wants to be. Turns out I’m more stubborn, hardheaded, and just prideful than I recently believed. So tonight I know things are changing. During service I decided to look up something that was bobbling around in my brain and although this isn’t part of what I was looking for, I came across this verse…
“Then He opened their minds so they could understand…” Luke 24:45
Why would I be so naive to think that God couldn’t/wouldn’t open my mind to understand, believe, and accept the things I struggle with!!?
Tonight…I praise God for who He is and who I am neither able to be or have the need to be…I am simply His forgiven daughter. And I will bask in that for eternity.
Good night…happy snow day!
KJM
Posted at 14:43h, 10 JanuaryI love that song!! And I have no doubt that God has great things in store for you…and you will do it better than anyone. yeah. yeah. yeah!
KJM
Posted at 14:58h, 10 Januaryoh yes…and one more thing! Love the verse you read and it made me think of the one I read before bed last night as well! <br />"I now send you, to open their eyes . . . that they may receive forgiveness of sins." God's just good like that!
Impractical Dreaming
Posted at 20:44h, 11 JanuaryGosh, he really is so good…It is a complete shame that we try to make him so much more human and smaller than he really is. One day…we'll catch a glimpse of His true amazingness and it will blow us away.