kingdom travelin'

over-committed
pulled from lots of places
tired
feeling inept
needy
faithless
these describe me lately…

then we sang this song to God in church this morning…

You are my supply
My breath of life
Still more awesome than I know
You are my reward
Worth living for
Still more awesome than I know
All of You is more than enough for
All of me for every thirst and every need
You satisfy me with Your love
And all I have in You is more than enough by Louie Giglio and Chris Tomlin

I remember that Jesus told me to “remain in the vine”

God help me be faithful…

driving…
i’ve spent a lot of time on the road in the last seven days

late one afternoon, while driving home from one of my three trips to D.C., this was one of the vistas i enjoyed…

I found a little book in an antique store that Anna and I were looking around in… it is part of a series called the Philosophical Library, pub. 1949… I was amazed by the title… The World As I See It … it is a translation of a work written in German by Albert Einstein…

I was facinated… just listen…

“I answer, the man who regards his own life and that of his fellow creatures as meaningless is not merely unfortunate but almost disqualified for life.”

then he said this…

“Each of us is here for a brief sojourn [travelin!!]; for what purpose he knows not, though he sometimes thinks he feels it.”

and finally this…

“The ideals which have lighted me on my way and time after time given me new courage to face life cheerfully, have been Truth, Goodness, and Beauty.” (his capitalization, not mine)

interesting, huh?

spring breaks through the dark days…

there is a saying here in the south that the dogwood blossom comes forth around Easter to remind us of the cross of Jesus… today we celebrate the risen Christ, risen from the dark tomb…

I need to learn, I need to remember, that during the darkness it is my job to look to Him, to even develop an appreciation for that time… to take that darkness… to draw nearer to Him durimg that time…

because He willingly went
to that whipping, to that cross, into that tomb, to unite with me when I am existing in the drkness…

“O God, allow me to be willing to seek you on those days, during that hour, in that moment of darkness, help me not to seek control but to allow YOU to take care of me in the darkness. In the name of Him who joined me in my darkness. Amen”

We rise from darkness to light, from hunger to bounty!

Here is Easter dinner!!!

Let us lear to appreciate and have gratitude for both dark days and for life’s great bounty!

simplicity

wouldn’t a simple life be great?