I wanted to share with you a thought that the Lord gave to my sweet friend. Ponder on the following from my guest blogger and sister in Christ; Amy Domidion.
Too Wonderful
by Amy Domidion
A friend of mine the other day was telling me about a surprise that she had for her daughter. Someone had given her tickets at a discount price for an upcoming concert of her daughter’s favorite boy band. The mom hadn’t even known they were coming to town. But her daughter did. She got them the first part of the week and the concert wasn’t until that weekend. It was killing her to keep the secret from her daughter. So in the middle of the week, she told her daughter that she had a surprise for her. Her daughter, knowing her mother well, asked if she could guess the secret. Her mom, thinking she would never guess this, agreed. She told her she could have three guesses. Her first guess was small and came and went. Her second guess, a little bigger, but not big enough. For her last guess, she covered her face. Her mother said, “What is wrong? What is your third guess?” Her daughter uncovered her face. Her head was hanging low. She said to her mother, “I am afraid to ask. It is too big. Too wonderful.” Her mother knew that she knew. She told her to go ahead. She waited. The daughter raised her head and said, “Is it about a concert?” Her mother nodded. The girl was, of course, speechless. She couldn’t believe that it could be true. As happy as she was, her mother was happier. It delighted her to see her child full of excitement and hope. She couldn’t wait to share that experience with the one she loved.I got to thinking about this and I realized that our heavenly Father feels the same way about us. He has so many blessings in store for us. We are just too afraid to ask. We go into our prayers with our heads held low and just say to Him, “We are afraid it's too big.” Nothing is too big. He is waiting for us to ask. He wants to share in our excitement and hope. He delights in us. He wants to share some wonderful experience with us because He loves us. Just ask Him. He already knows the desires of your heart. He just wants you to put your fears aside and rest in His arms. His plans for you are perfect. They are just what your heart always wanted.
“He is able to do much more than we can ever ask for or think of, by His power that works in us.” (Ephesians 3:20)
While vacationing at the beach a couple of weeks ago, I came across this from a study by Nancy Leigh DeMoss. It moved me in such a way that I just had to share it with you.
Lord God Almighty
Holy is thy wisdom, power, mercy, ways, works.How can I stand before thee
with my numberless and aggravated offences?I have often loved darkness,
observed lying vanities,
forsaken thy given mercies,
trampled underfoot thy beloved Son,
mocked thy providences,
flattered thee with my lips,
broken thy covenant.It is of thy compassion that I am not consumed.Lead me to repentance, and save me from despair;
Let me come to thee renouncing, condemning,
loathing myself,
but hoping in the grace that flows
even to the chief of sinners.At the cross may I contemplate the evil of sin,
and abhor it,
look on him whom I pierced,
as one slain for me, and by me....Thus may my soul rest in thee, O immortal
and transcendent one,
revealed as thou art in the Person and work
of they Son,
the Friend of sinners.-From The Valley of Vision: A Collection of Puritan Prayers and Devotions*Abbie took the photo while at the beach
Do you know how much work it takes just to get ready to leave on a trip? One of the tasks I dread in preparing to leave is the "purging of the vehicle". Unless you have no children or they are grown and your memory has faded, you know exactly what I mean. We have to clean it out so we can load it back up.Poor Heidi. She didn't see it coming. She innocently came over for lunch. Once the dishes were put away, the task at hand was waiting. In fairness to me, I did try to use her being there as an excuse not to do the job that only a trained hazardous cleaning team should do. But, wait, did I hear her right? I thought I heard her say she would help me. I better try to talk her out of it one more time because she did just get back from the dentist office and clearly the laughing gas has not wore off. Nope, she is insisting to help (that is after she runs home and puts on an old t-shirt, a layer of lysol, latex gloves, safety glasses and hair covering).After sweating, laughing and several "oh, gross!" blurbs, we came out. Unharmed. A friend is someone who will blindly put their hand down in a vehicle crevice and pull out an unidentifiable sticky.....something.
Sunday, May 31, 1:30 p.m., we welcomed into this world a new baby girl! We celebrated her arrival with our family and friends the following Sunday.Yes, my sweet friends, you know very well that I am talking about the salvation of our youngest daughter. What a blessed time in our family's life. Oh, the joy of leading your children into a saving relationship with their Abba-Daddy. Together, Brad and I heard the words uttered from each of our girls' mouth as they confessed Him as their Savior and Lord. What an even greater honor that Brad baptized each one of them. Those are moments that we will remember throughout eternity.There will be many birthday's to come as we celebrate their physical birth, but I am looking more forward to the spiritual birthday's that will come. How exciting to watch them grow year to year in the Lord. The wonder of how God will use them and what they will do to impact the Kingdom of God!Psalm 1:1-3 is the life verse(s) that is for all three of my girls (until one day they choose one of their own!)...."How blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked, nor stand in the path of sinners, nor sit in the seat of scoffers! But his delight is in the law of the LORD, and in His law he meditates day and night. He will be like a tree firmly planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in it's season and its leaf does not wither; and in whatever he does he prospers."Happy Birthday, Miss Gracie Caroline. May you be firmly planted and prosper for the glory of the Kingdom of God!
