First of Creation

Today is my last post using the Droid App Bible verses.  It's been an interesting month and I'll probably do it again someday.  I have a couple of thing I would like you all to pray about.  First, my cousin, who is hearing-impaired and is a MRDD person has cancer and is having trouble understanding what is going on with himself.  It's very hard on his family, trying to help him understand.  His name is Eddie.

Secondly, tomorrow I am the featured blogger (writer) for Seeds of Faith.  I hope each of you will go the site and read what I put.  I pray that God will bless the site and will help my words be his words.  The site is http://www.seedsoffaithwomen.com.  I'm excited to be part of this group of Godly women.  I hope you get a chance to go see what all of write.

Okay, on with the show...

The funny thing about this being my last Droid App post is the verse that it gave me is Genesis 1:1!  The very first verse in the Bible.  God has such a sense of humor!  

In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.

 If he had not created the heaven and the earth, there would be no story.  There would have been no backdrop for anything.  How could we have a flood, earthquakes, armies fighting, angels falling from grace, Christ's birth and death or his resurrection?  Creation is one of those things most of us take for granted.  

I have a garden (if you go to http://cfoxes33.blogspot.com you can see some pictures of it).  Every year we grow different things.  We grow tomatoes, beans, cucumbers, zucchini, watermelon, peppers, whatever floats our boat.  We try to mix it up.  This year our green peppers didn't come up.  But we had radishes that did pretty great.  God has given us a wet spring and humid summer, so the tomatoes are full, the  beans are plump.  But sometimes we expect those things.  But there is always something going on.  I hate to weed.  I usually don't do it until I realize that the weeds are choking the good plants.

Everything has to have a beginning.  Luckily, God stated our beginning simply.  This is one Bible verse we can all remember.  Are there other verses we want to remember?  Make it a goal to take a verse and remember it.  Why is it we can remember your social security number, but not 10 words together from the Bible?  Say them everyday.  Our minister is starting a study on the Bible.  He wants everyone to learn the books of the Bible in order.  I use to know them all.  I know about half of them, getting the minor prophets mixed up.  So that is my goal for August.  Make a goal and go for it.  Let me know what it is and I will try and hold you accountable to it.

Once in a while we are all creative too.  I am probably the least creative person I know.  My daughter is very creative, as is Mike.  I have good ideas, but can't seem to get them out.  I will admit I am creative when it comes to music, but only to sing it.  But, being created in God's image we all have some creative juice flowing through us.  Some just got a whole lot more than others!

So as I ramble on today, remember that everything has a beginning, everything has been created, and we are the image of God.  What a mess things could have been without this verse explaining it all to us! 

Beginnings June 1, 2009

Well, today marks the beginning of a few things. First, this is the beginning of my new ministry as a devotion writer. Now I know what you are thinking. Hey you have been doing that for the past 40 days. True, I have. But Dad’s treatments are over, though his journey is not. I will still chronicle his illness and how our family is dealing with it through these writings. But, at this time, he is in a recovery period. How long that will be is any one’s guess. Many of you have asked me to keep this going and I am honored, and humbled that you enjoy my writing. This is also the beginning of summer hours for me at work. We work four 9 hour days, Monday through Thursday, and four hours on Friday. Whoo-hoo! I hope I can survive the 9 hour days!

It is the beginning of a lot of young adults’ passage into “the real world”. I was talking to Lauren and Leslie Bowerman yesterday at Lauren’s graduation party. Lauren starts a new job “in the real world” being a daycare teacher. How exciting! Most of us probably don’t think of it as exciting, but for these young people, it’s their first taste of what life will be like in a few years. My hope for all of them is that they will rely on God to get them through the hardest part and remember to praise him for the easy stuff! My advice to them is that there will be a lot of times where you are so busy, you forget that God is there. He is standing there and you are so overcome with doubt, guilt, emotion, that you can’t even feel his arms carrying you. Who among you fears the LORD and obeys the word of his servant? Let him who walks in the dark, who has no light, trust in the name of the LORD and rely on his God. Isaiah 50:10.

As we walk through “the real world”, let us remember that we should be in it and not of it. If we trust in God, we will get through it by obeying His word and fearing Him.

Note: Dad and Mom came over last evening, just to get out of the house. Dad said that his throat hurt less, but his voice is still a whisper. Keep praying that his voice, vocal chords, muscles, and body start to heal.

Today, pray for the youth of today. May they find their way with God. May we be able to guide them in a Godly manner that is pleasing to Him.