Fire for HIM

Have you had technical difficulties?  Lengthy tech problems?  Well, lately my blog has been just that. It has been one BIG tech problem.  My blogs have been stacking up...waiting for the canvas to write them. Tonight, the server allowed me to blog.  My thought was, "It's a miracle." I had just finished rambling on to my husband, and he had told me to blog what I was saying.  He rarely says that.  I had been going on about how it was so surreal about the hurricanes hitting all of the places that represent finance and politics, with a hurricane by the name of Sandy.  SANDY!  Who has ever heard of a hurricane named Sandy...and so huge and coming ashore at those locations, at that.  Landing just shy of Atlantic City of all places.  "Are not two [ a ] little sparrows sold for a penny? And yet not one of them will fall to the ground without your Father’s leave (consent) and notice."  (Matt. 10:29 AM...

Recently, I was hiking at Jenny Lake in Wyoming.  Although I had done the hike previously, I did not remember how beautiful the scenery was.  My heart knew that Jenny Lake was a place of treasured memories with my family.  I remembered the moments rather than the cascading waterfall, giant boulders along the trail, and towering lodge pole pines.  On my recent visit, my husband and I were hiking up to the waterfall.  The scenery was breath-taking.  However, the trail was treacherous.  Basically, all hikers were expected to find sure footing within the jagged pieces of boulders. It was a trail cut into the mountain, with sharp points of sandy rock sticking out.  Each step seemed to be a slippery slope.  With this being nerve racking, I felt the need to look at my feet most of the time to ensure that my foot was placed in a safe location.  I wasw afraid to fall.  While spending much time looking at my feet, a lot of the scenery was m...

Yesterday in church, a sweet lady in her golden years hugged my neck and said, "See yourself at my age - just imagine what level you will be."  I was taken back.  I had never thought to stand in my "senior shoes" and look in the mirror.  She was paying me a complement.  I had just prayed for someone, and she was telling me to see the vision of who I might become and the freedom and wisdom I would truly walk in...just if I continued on the path of fervor after the Lord's heart.  Wow!  What a challenge to be told to look at life in a 'flash-forward' stance.  Our campus pastor at my university would often tell us to look at decisions we might make with the perspective of 'hindsight in foresight position' - I have never forgotten those words and have applied them so very often.  I was saying this quote of Pastor Shuler to someone recently, and they said, "What exactly does that mean anyway? I hear you say it often."  I explained the above...

Immersed:  this is a word that keeps tumbling around in my heart and mind.  Webster's defines "immerse" to mean, "to plunge into or as if into a liquid; to baptize by dipping under water; to involve deeply, engross, as in thought."  What is we "immersed" ourselves into God's love?  According to the definition, it is not a toe-tipping sample of an experience.  It is rather a "baptism" of fluid: to deeply ponder and let it swell over you.  When I visited Hawaii almost two years ago, David and I went to a beach with gigantic waves.  To get out into the water, one had to wade through t he waves.  Almost instantly, they were up under your arms and still so clear that you could see your feet.  Before I knew it, a wave crashed into me and splashed over my head and into my nose.  Hours later, salt water was stilling pouring from my sinuses.  I do not mean to gross you out.  I use this story to help paint the pictu...

Yesterday, my three year old daughter was walking behind me on a sidewalk at a school.  I knew she was following me, but I wanted her closer to me.  I wanted to touch her.  I put my hand behind me and continued to walk forward.  When she did not grab my hand right away, I looked back at her to see if she saw me reaching for her.  When I realized that she was looking around and not at my hand, I turned around and gently took her hand and we walked together. Immediately, I was reminded of how the Heavenly Father does that for us.  He is ALWAYS walking ahead of us, aware of us, and desiring that we follow Him into GOOD things.  He longs to hold our hand and have us walk with Him, in ALL circumstances. My prayer for this week is that I not wait on Him to find me.  I want to run to catch up to Him, grab Him around the waist, hold His hand and walk with Him in JOY.  " But it is good for me to draw near to God: I have put my trust in the Lo...

Today I realized so very much  Each moment that has a sense of wonder The pounding drive to go forward It is in these moments  And the reflection thereof that lessons are learned In them we gain an understanding of the plan for our lives Our eyes are widened to take in the Wonder of God Our hearts swell to receive His love