25-26"If you decide for God, living a life of God-worship, it follows that you don't fuss about what's on the table at mealtimes or whether the clothes in your closet are in fashion. There is far more to your life than the food you put in your stomach, more to your outer appearance than the clothes you hang on your body. Look at the birds, free and unfettered, not tied down to a job description, careless in the care of God. And you count far more to him than birds.
27-29"Has anyone by fussing in front of the mirror ever gotten taller by so much as an inch? All this time and money wasted on fashion—do you think it makes that much difference? Instead of looking at the fashions, walk out into the fields and look at the wildflowers. They never primp or shop, but have you ever seen color and design quite like it? The ten best-dressed men and women in the country look shabby alongside them.
30-33"If God gives such attention to the appearance of wildflowers—most of which are never even seen—don't you think he'll attend to you, take pride in you, do his best for you? What I'm trying to do here is to get you to relax, to not be so preoccupied with getting, so you can respond to God's giving. People who don't know God and the way he works fuss over these things, but you know both God and how he works. Steep your life in God-reality, God-initiative, God-provisions. Don't worry about missing out. You'll find all your everyday human concerns will be met.
I am at a place in my life now- where at some point every person need to be....completely dependent on God. It doesn't matter where you are in life- financially, in age, spiritually, etc. - you need to have "the moment" where you know you can not make it without Jesus..... I am thankful in the midst of issues in my life. I do not have to look far to see how truly blessed I am no matter what "the world" throws at me.
Ephesians 5:20 Giving thanks always for everything to God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ,
At this moment- I am so thankful for our oldest daughter who just turned 16 yesterday! Wow, where has time flown by??? Weren't we just fighting over wearing a "Blue's Clues" outfit...Now you have your license & we are expected to let you drive off in a car! Yikes..The blessing in this is that Brooklynn loves Jesus & knows Him even more than I ever thought about Him at 16...I won't even go there..At least not today, lol! Knowing this we are comforted. She loves God- therefor nothing in this world can stop her. We have nothing to fear b/c the Lord our God is with her! There is nothing more she could do in life to make us any prouder than when she committed her life to Christ.
I know I am rambling on & could continue but will break to get some work done. I may return soon b/c writing gives me peace. I am including a few pictures of my day yesterday.
The 1st picture is of our church, The Bridge, that is under construction & I passed by & took a snap as I drove. I can not wait to worship here!
The 2nd is God's Promise- A beautiful rainbow...
The last ones here are us getting to meet Brooklynn after soccer practice to see her on her real birthday. We went on to lifegroup because she had practice We thought we weren't going to get to see her. We were super excited that we were able to meet her at Cinco! Well Blog not letting me post- so I'll post after this in a separate post.
Thank you all for reading by "stuff" & being in my life- Love & Hugs- Happy Friday!
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