Archive for January, 2011

Truckloads Of Pebbles

Sunday, January 2nd, 2011

Are we quick to trust God with the big things and still feel like we must keep control over the little things? Can we quantify hope? Are we short-changing God when we say, “ok Big Guy, I trust you to move the mountains, but this little pebble? Nah, I got it,” especially when it’s the truckloads of pebbles that add up to way more weight than we could ever carry?

God tells us that if HE can trust US with the little that He’ll trust us with the big. That makes sense, start us out slow, build up to it. But what we in effect do is flip it around, wave our holy hands in the air praising God and declaring all this great faith and trust in Him…umm, wait? That pebble? Nah…I got it.

But we don’t. And we can’t. Because He didn’t make us that way and that’s certainly not what we signed up for when we first said, “I will trust in you.” God doesn’t want a piece of our faith or a sliver of our trust. He wants it all. Every mountain, every boulder, every pebble.

Name your pebbles. You’ve already started haven’t you? It doesn’t matter if it’s a handful or a truckload. Quit sorting the piles into His and yours and just give it all over to Him.

P.S. I’ve already named 7 pebbles. God has claimed them all.

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Relationships, Resolutions & Opportunities

Saturday, January 1st, 2011

I look back over the past year at what all our family has gone through and am amazed and humbled at where God has brought us. You imagine the never will’s and what-if’s that could happen but we are skeptics and shake them off just as easily as our mind conjures them up. Then they happen and you realize they don’t shake off so easily. But you find yourself in the palm of God’s hand and you do not despair, you do your best not to waiver, and with the help of a mind-blowing circle of friends – you pick yourself, dust off and carry on.

It’s no great secret that there have been rifts in the core foundation of my family for several years now. But in God’s grace and will, those relationships are beginning to heal and with it, my greatest Christmas wish was answered. Are we back to square one? No. But we are working towards wholeness and most importantly, wellness. We take two steps forward, and even if there is an occasional step back, we still focus on progress.

I focus on all of these relationships, with my children, my sisters, my friends, and hope that I serve them well. I want to focus on strengthening all of them and along the way, myself. That’s what this is all about. Relationships.

Do I have resolutions for this year? Not really. The things I want to accomplish are continual goals never tied to one year or the next – love more, worry less, grow my faith and teach my children how to nurture theirs, strengthen my body and expand my mind. Maybe do laundry a bit more frequently…

There are opportunities for all of this and more. I don’t want to miss out on a single one but I also don’t want to miss the chance to slow down and appreciate the small stuff. The hugs, the thank you’s, the I love you’s. Big stuff actually.

Open your eyes, Elle Dubya. Look for the chances and then take them.

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