Refresher Course

The past two weeks our pastor has been doing a sermon series on Faith Mountains. How do we respond to where we are on the mountain? I could go on and on about it, and not sound near as eloquent as he puts it all, but suffice it to say that its good stuff. So good for me, in fact, that at one point during this week's sermon I turned to Ben and said "Please tell me the truth- did you call him and talk about me?".

You know how you feel like you know that you know stuff, and then eventually it gets pushed back there in your head somewhere, and it gets dusty and hidden, and then you forget. Then when someone brings a certain question or point of view to your attention, its kind of like a refreshing dose of Pledge and a good scrubbing? That's what I feel like.

Talk about being cleansed in the Word.

Huh. I just realized I tied all that together in some random crazy way. Weird. Anyway......

Without going into much online-journal detail, I will say that I have apparently been in a cave of sorts on one of those mountains. Why in the world I chose to just hide in my cave, but I did.

I have faced a lot of challenging perspectives lately, a few situations that I unfortunately made the choice to not handle as best I could. I chose instead to be somewhat of a grouch about it, instead of rejoicing in the season.

That's what struck one of my cords this week... when it was put before me what options I had to respond to certain situations, and which ones I was making. I didn't like the answer I had to give myself.

And then sitting in church I hear, " You know, the season your are in in your life right now, it isn't most likely the one God has planned for you forever." Why is it I get stuck in the here and now, and long for different when what I have right now may be exactly what I need?

He continued.. "But if you have blessings A,B, or C (of which I had all three) don't you think your best option is to be rejoicing in those blessings? Rejoicing that you have those blessings right now, and for what else God actually does have in store for you later?" "Don't you agree that sometimes it isn't the easy circumstances in life when you feel you lean the hardest on your relationship with Christ; its the ones where you feel torn, unsatisfied, confused, frustrated, or helpless?" Yes.. when I am weary and discouraged, I turn to You.

Its the oldies but goodies: God isn't surprised, God has a plan, God knows what is best for me, God just wants me to trust in him. Not rocket science, but obviously I needed to hear that lesson again, tweaked a little.

So like I said, none of that was as thorough or as eloquent as the way it was presented to me, but that's what's been going on in this brain lately. I needed the refresher...

So what else has been going on?
Oh, just the usual... you know, having friends over, enjoying this awesome weather, relaxing on the couch and watching movies with my hub (for the first time in months~!), cooking, laundry, scrubbing floors, but best of all....

Watching this one and all her new discoveries. This week it was all about her feet.

Now that is one scrumptious, sweet-cheeked blessing I will never take for granted.

xoxo!

dae