Friday, August 29, 2008
The Little Green Creature
What is it about those tiny little green creatures that just scare me to death. I really am afraid of them and the thought of one jumping on me just scares me so much. I went to pickup my 4 year old Granddaughter Macy from school yesterday, and as I was putting her in the car and buckling her in, she screamed Ahhhhh, I said what is it? She then screamed to me in her tiny ear piercing voice "there's a frog in here". Well I immediately started looking around ( now picture me on the outside of the car and my little Macyboo on the inside of the car, all buckled in to her car seat) and I spot the little green creature, he is on the inside of the door panel. I immediately close the door and scream Ahhhhh to the top of my lungs, in the middle of the preschool parking lot. I then realize, that I have closed the door to the car and Macy is inside with the little green creature. I opened the front door and the little green creature jumped to the floorboard of the front passenger seat and as brave as I could be, I took a cup and scooped the little green creature on to the parking lot, closed the door and saved the day. When I got my dignity back, I got in the car and Macy said "Grammy, that was a big ole frog and I was scared". I said Macy I was too and just think he could have come home with us inside this car! Macy said "I would have hit him and killed him Grammy". Here is a 4 year old that is ready to go to battle with the little green creature for her Grammy. I am reminded by this experience of Psalm 91 vs. 5 and 6 "You will not fear the terror of night, nor the arrow that flies by day, not the pestilence that stalks in the darkness, not the plague that destroys at midday. And in Psalm 91 vs. 9-11 "If you make the Most High your dwelling , even the Lord, who is my refuge, then no harm will befall you, no disaster will come near your tent. For he will command his angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways. God, today I thank you for being my refuge and guarding all my ways, even against little green creatures.
Monday, August 25, 2008
Mary, Edwina and Martha
2 Chronicles 31 vs.21 "In everything that he undertook in the the service of God's temple and in obedience to the law and the commands, he sought his God and worked wholeheartedly. And so he prospered.
In todays world, I so want to be like Mary, always finding ways to worship and sit at the feet of Jesus. Mary just like Edwina and Martha had so much stuff going on in her life, her home, her family, her job all the daily things that would keep her away from sitting at the feet of Jesus, but Mary realized the thing she needed the most in order to make all these other things fall into place, was just sitting at the feet of Jesus, taking care of him and the relationship that she had with him. She knew that if she kept the relationship with Jesus first and foremost in her life, then all the other things in her life would fall into place. Don't get me wrong I enjoy being like Martha, being distracted at times and making preparations for my family, my home and other areas of my life. But sometimes being like Martha, I can get into trouble. I think alot of times, nobody wants to help me prepare for all the things in my life. I am in this all alone. I even get mad at Jesus some times, just like Martha did. She said to Jesus in Luke chapter 10 vs. 40 "tell her to help me" Martha had a meal to prepare she was getting mad. But Jesus told her "you are worried about many things, but only one thing is needed". I pray that I will find a good combination of Mary, Edwina and Martha, so that not only will my home, family and things that I hold dear, be in order, but also my relationship with God will be the most important part of what makes me who I am.
In todays world, I so want to be like Mary, always finding ways to worship and sit at the feet of Jesus. Mary just like Edwina and Martha had so much stuff going on in her life, her home, her family, her job all the daily things that would keep her away from sitting at the feet of Jesus, but Mary realized the thing she needed the most in order to make all these other things fall into place, was just sitting at the feet of Jesus, taking care of him and the relationship that she had with him. She knew that if she kept the relationship with Jesus first and foremost in her life, then all the other things in her life would fall into place. Don't get me wrong I enjoy being like Martha, being distracted at times and making preparations for my family, my home and other areas of my life. But sometimes being like Martha, I can get into trouble. I think alot of times, nobody wants to help me prepare for all the things in my life. I am in this all alone. I even get mad at Jesus some times, just like Martha did. She said to Jesus in Luke chapter 10 vs. 40 "tell her to help me" Martha had a meal to prepare she was getting mad. But Jesus told her "you are worried about many things, but only one thing is needed". I pray that I will find a good combination of Mary, Edwina and Martha, so that not only will my home, family and things that I hold dear, be in order, but also my relationship with God will be the most important part of what makes me who I am.