Time...

We've been away for a week or so. Our Pastor and his wife were gone to the Teen Thunder in Nova Scotia and offered us to stay at their house. It allowed me to wash all the bed sheets, get caught up in the wash and gave us the chance to shower when we needed or wanted to. There dog was there so the kids really loved being there.
We then went to Nova Scotia for our eldest son's hockey tournament. He couldn't get over that he played on the same ice surface as Sydney Crosby, the NHL player. They made it to the semi finals but lost against Hillsborough. He felt cheated since the refs. were not calling things the other team was doing.
Today is our third day back in the RV. The weather is warming up, slowly, but it is warmer.
I had a situation this morning where I was able to be reminded of a lesson I had previously learnt but need to revisit it every once in a while.
I will try to be as discrete as possible. :/
My daughter had used the "washroom facility" in the RV for #2. She then had to bring it to be dumped in the house toilet. Needless to say, since she's 8 and didn't care for the chore, she made a mess on the seat.
When I later arrived "at the scene", and was annoyed that she had been careless. A few minutes into cleaning her mess. Our "heating guy" arrived. You see, the bathroom only has a clear plastic to keep the heat in there so the pipes won't freeze. If I wouldn't of had a mess to clean, I would of felt very uncomfortable, let's say.
The moment the man came in, I looked up and said to the Lord, "Thank you for knowing all things and allowing things to happen in order to protect us."
This was a lesson I was very glad to revisit. TIME is something God is very aware of and we have no slight understanding of it.
Today, as I go my way, I'm going to try my best to remember that God is in control and I can either enjoy the ride or buck it all the way and have to humble myself afterwards and admit my stupidity.
I think I'll enjoy the TIME.

How high...

Have you ever looked at the sky and wondered how high it is?

Since we moved to the country, I'm often taken back by the beauty of the stars pressing against the dark velvety sky.

Tonight was another of those nights. I just looked up and stared at a rippling cloud gliding on what seem to be a glass protecting this beauty of stars. It just rolled passed the place where I stood and I was in awe. Gazing at the enormity of the galaxy which we can never comprehend where it's end could be.

I'm looking forward to the summer when the ground is dry. I want to snuggle with my kids and husband on a blanket, on the warm ground so we can just stare at this wonder.

The longer you look into the sky, the further it seems the stars (and satelites) are.

I heard of a man who actually said that he visited the galaxy, (the sky) and never saw God... really!? I wish I could of talked to him. I'd have a few questions for him.

When you whizzed through your GRACE GIVEN path, what did you see?

When each of your children were born, what did you see?

When you struggled through life's complexity, what did you see?

When you wanted to give up, what did you see?

When you fell in love, what did you see?

When you were held in your mother's arms after you had a nightmare or hurt your knee, what did you see?

Don't tell me you slid through God's created atmosphere to then pass into a shower of stars, meteorites, planets and moons and yet you still couldn't see God.

A deaf friend of mine told me that hearing people hear with their ears but they hear with their eyes.

I would tell the "blind man" 1 Samuel 16:7 "for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the LORD looketh on the heart".

Tonight, look up... way up! If you live in the city, it's worth the trip to the country. Just park in a clearance so you can just kick back your seat and stare out the side window and be amazed at what God created and how beautifully He creates.

Time and Place

The other day, I was driving to town and the roads were covered with snow. Our tires are studded but still, I felt a little uneasy driving on that road. To make matters scarier, oncoming was the provincial plow. That enormous wall was coming for us quickly and there seemed to be nowhere I could go. I just wanted to put my hands in front of my eyes but I knew that wasn't a good idea... I quickly said, "Help Lord!" then just like that, where I was arriving, the wind had blown the snow over further so I was able to pull over and let the plow go by.

"Huh!!" I thought. I was reminded of how the scripture says, "who shall call upon the Lord, shall be saved".

My father in law, as he was quickly passing from this life to the next, was in a coma. My husband, the pastor, and myself tried so hard to help my father in law to understand that religion is not what is need to accept, but the fact that we are sinners and that we all need a Saviour, which is Jesus Christ, the one who died for our sins. Jesus doesn't accept us, until we accept ourselves as sinners, then accept the free gift of salvation that He has for us. My father in law, was not interested in this gift. Until the last minutes of his life. He opened his eyes and tears rolled down his cheek. He knew his time was here and fear was in his eyes. I once again helped him to understand that obviously I wasn't asking him to come to our church or join our religion. I was asking him to recognize himself as a sinner and that he needed Jesus Christ to save him from eternity in hell. I explained that he didn't have to say a prayer, Jesus was there waiting for him if he just turned to him and said in his heart, "Help!!". I continued to beg him to accept God's free gift of salvation, since the family was out of the room talking to the nurse. Then, his eyes changed. I was struck by the peace there seemed to be. I'm not sure to this day if he accepted the free gift, but one day I will know. If he did, it's because he called upon the Lord and said "Help! I'm a sinner and I need you to save me!"

I kept driving down this road in thoughts and thankfulness for God's grace on us. How undeserving we are of His care for us.

Hope your day is one full of thankfulness. I know mine will be.

Waiting game...

For those of you who wonder how the house is going... well, it is. The contour of the girls' bedroom went up, the stairs are beginning to be revamped and tomorrow, much work will be done, I think, since we have a few people coming over to help.

Right now, it is late in the night, the rain is falling hard and praise the Lord, there's no water in the house!

Sometimes, it seems like there's so much going on, learning about life and God but sometimes, like it has been lately, it's just a waiting game. Just basking in the "Son" and waiting for the next step in life.