elisabeth and i were on our way home from seeing a school play (which was really good by the way) and eating dinner with friends from church. we were pulling into walgreens to get a finger splint and tape to wrap her thumb because she closed it in the car door at the restaurant and listening to the radio as we heard them mentioning that steven curtis chapman's little girl maria was tragically killed. when i got home i looked it up, and she passed away yesterday in an accident in her driveway.
steven curtis chapman has been long-standing favorite of ours, his song "i will be here" was sung at our wedding, and he's been a blessing to so many lives. i'm posting his song "cinderella" on my myspace, in memory of maria...
savor each moment and experience you've been given to enjoy with your little ones...it can all be lost in an instant!
Friday, May 23, 2008
devo link...
i added the link to the "today God is first" devo that i've started reading this week. it's amazingly good! check it out, you can even get it emailed to you daily. if you don't read a daily devo, or are looking for something new, definitely give this one a try!
today's devo is about jacob wrestling with God, striving with him in the right kind of way to receive God's blessings on his life, coming to a place of complete brokenness and surrender, able to lean on God alone. if you're struggling with things in life, job, finances, health problems, relationships...and if you're trying to deal with them yourself instead of relying on him...he just might be taking you through this process of dealing with these things as his method to prepare you for what he wants for you...we have an inheritance from him, waiting to be given to us...which can only be received when God brings us to total dependence on him. are you depending fully on him, or does he need to use life situations to get your attention? i know i struggle with that, it's easier (in my mind at least) to suck it up and deal with it on my own...but i can't control what happens in my life any more than i can control the weather. i can't control what happens in the area of jobs and finances, only God can. i can't heal my son, only God can. i can't control how other people react and respond to me, only God can. all i can do is pray and trust in him...surrender it all completely to him to take care of so that his blessings can be poured out in my life...more abundantly than i can even imagine.
like i said before...i'm on a free fall...totally allowing God to take control...it's a good place to be...so take a chance and try it!
today's devo is about jacob wrestling with God, striving with him in the right kind of way to receive God's blessings on his life, coming to a place of complete brokenness and surrender, able to lean on God alone. if you're struggling with things in life, job, finances, health problems, relationships...and if you're trying to deal with them yourself instead of relying on him...he just might be taking you through this process of dealing with these things as his method to prepare you for what he wants for you...we have an inheritance from him, waiting to be given to us...which can only be received when God brings us to total dependence on him. are you depending fully on him, or does he need to use life situations to get your attention? i know i struggle with that, it's easier (in my mind at least) to suck it up and deal with it on my own...but i can't control what happens in my life any more than i can control the weather. i can't control what happens in the area of jobs and finances, only God can. i can't heal my son, only God can. i can't control how other people react and respond to me, only God can. all i can do is pray and trust in him...surrender it all completely to him to take care of so that his blessings can be poured out in my life...more abundantly than i can even imagine.
like i said before...i'm on a free fall...totally allowing God to take control...it's a good place to be...so take a chance and try it!
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