My title is in Arabic today! -- and it means trust.
Mouthwatering blackberries slowly munched, its juice revealing mysteries; blackberries being churned and enjoyed. Colorful, wonderful tastes spray and mingle in my mouth. How good God's creation is. How good He is. But somehow everything He does doesn't always seem good. However, everything He does IS good.
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This morning, during family devotions, we discussed how God is good all the time -- everything He does and plans is good -- even when one doesn't feel it to be good. How? -- How can a beloved family member dying be God's good plan? -- How can it be good that thousands of children die each day? -- How? I don't have the answers. God does. All we can do is trust Him. Our part is not to cry out to God and complain, it's to trust.
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It almost seems to simple -- just four small letters fast together making the word: Trust.
... Our God is all-powerful, worthy of praise, and holy! There is no reason why we should not trust Him.
Amen?! Let's go through this day... week... month... year... our lives, trusting Him.
Because life is sweet, because it's a gift from God, because God blesses us, because life is hard sometimes: one needs to list ordinary moments in life -- even the hard moments. We need to accept every gift God gives us -- even when they're hard gifts to accept.
'Every good and perfect gift is from above'
James 1:17
Little things in life that define grace gifts from God:
--Playing, splashing, wading in the stream; laughing till our stomachs hurt; watching silver diamonds -- water droplets -- swish and fly into the air and fall lazily down again into the water.
-- colorful eggs (God-- how do you create such things as these? Each egg is unique. Some dappled with brown spots. Others as blue as crystal-clear ocean water. Some are green like the spring grass. How awesome you are, Jesus).
both egg photos :: disclaimers
--Little sister's laughter. Sweet, bubbly laughter that echoes and resounds throughout the house.
-- bluebells.
-- Writing 'happy birthday' with ink pens
-- Flowers adoring the window sill.
-- chicken for dinner with freshly ground coriander on top -- ground by us!
-- s.c.r.u.m.p.t.i.o.u.s birthday cakes
-- awkward flowers... that are sweet
-- raindrops glimmering like diamonds on fresh leaves
-- roses. And their smell.
-- strawberry-flavored lollipops
-- irises greeting me every time I walk the garden
-- dried flowers
-- and amazing scenery (I was there just a few days ago!)
-- my wind-swept hair: Ahh, the sea.
-- fox gloves not yet in full bloom.
-- the sea.
disclaimer -- not my photo!
--beautiful bedrooms. I think I'll have one like this in heaven, Jesus.
