A Birds Eye-View

It would be nice to have a bird's eye-view of life. In the sermon today, the visiting pastor described how different life would be if we were always tuned in with God. It would be as if we are up on his shoulders seeing the world as He sees it. I imagine it would feel sort of like an eagle soaring and then recall the verse that says (can't remember the reference right now, it is in Isaiah) Those who hope in the Lord....We will soar on wings like eagles, run and not grow weary, walk and not be faint. In order to see God's perspective, it takes time in the word, worship, prayer and communion with Him.

It can be overwhelming listening to the news filled with natural disasters, crime, death etc.... However, God calls us to see things from his perspective. He cares about all those things but he can help us see how we can use those circumstances in life for His Good and Purpose!

Welcome Spring!

Time to wake up little flowers. Here are some shots of my first spring flowers and buds! So exciting after this long winter. I'm thankful for this new life that appears each year! I don't have to water, fertilize or tend these little buds. They just keep coming back each year. A little like God's love for us. Sometimes we ignore it but it just keeps coming back to us! When we realize it, it's kind of like Spring all over again!.

Look Up!

Look teacher, "I can look up, I can look side to side but I can't look down." This is what one of my students told me in line as we were waiting for dismissal! As he told me, I watched his eyes look in all those different directions. I'm not sure why he said that he couldn't look down. Yet, isn't that so like a child? Young children don't often get depressed because they are always noticing the little things and appreciating them. Today the leak in the ceiling was much more interesting to my students than my lesson on measuring time!

I need to remember to keep looking up and around at all the things God is doing, can do or will do. However, why look down? "Just shoes down there", my student said.

Now unto Him who is able to do immeasurable more than all you ask or imagine according to His power which is at workin in us! Ephesians 3:20,21

Psalm 119:148- My eyes stay open through the watches of the night, that I may meditate on your promises.

Ephesians 1: 18- I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you, the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints and his incomparably great power for us who believe.

Matthew 6:22- The eye is the lamp of the body. If your eyes are good, your whole body will be full of light.

Snow Day Crafts

Snow Days never mean bordom to me! There is always a closet to clean, book to read, photograph to take or new craft to make. I have included pictures of two new crafts made during my January snow days. These were hand stiched with love for friends and family. One is for my secret sister...shhh! don't tell!

Through a windshield.

Little snowflakes all over my windshield. That's what I saw as I sat in my freezing cold car this morning. The temperature, 16 degrees! Brrr! Yet, how pretty everything looked through the windshield. I wanted to capture the beauty...so I ran inside to get my camera as my car's heater/freezer attempted to increase the temperature a little. Each snowflake is different and unique. They are transparent with six points. Remarkable! God's creation never ceases to amaze me!

Happy

Valentine's

Day!