Good morning to everyone. Grace and peace be with you.
This has truly been a fantastic runaway for my husband and me. One that we genuinely needed to re-center ourselves and our relationship. Our last few months have been anything but boring. Work schedules, parental duties, parental care … then just regular and everyday life … Though we are centered in Christ, the enemy continues to weigh on us as try to wear us out. This weekend was just what the Father ordered for us to breathe.
Many times yesterday, I got chills or an awe-filled feeling about what we were encountering. The multitude of questions that always surround the story of Noah and the Ark… was really spelled out in this magnificent display. I highly recommend that if the opportunity arises, you take the Ark experience and (EXPERIENCE) the Ark.
Today we get the privilege of returning home in the rain. It rained last night, and it appears that a good portion of our trip will be traveled in the rain. How fitting, don’t you think? We visited the Ark, and now we get to drive in the rain. Haha.
Oh…here is a funny for you. Me and my squirrel-ism. I did the Virtual experience as well. I was a little disappointed in the visual quality, but I assumed that the pixels were meant to be that way. I can be such a goofus…I wear tri-focals…it wasn’t the pixels … it was that I was looking through the wrong lens. Duh.
How easy is it to see something in the wrong light or lens? When we walk into a chaotic scene, instantly, we assume whoever is the loudest is the aggressor and needs to be restrained…however, without knowing the facts, they could simply have been defending themselves. Naturally, if we enter into a situation like this, we need to quiet the tones so that everyone can be heard correctly. We should never take sides without first encountering or discovering the truth. Many conflicts with friends to friends I have been invited into. In each, I explain that I am on the side of Truth and Truth alone, so if your version is not truthful, I will not take your side. I do my best to impartially listen to both sides and then attempt to offer an equal solution. Because I enter a conflict in this manner, each side knows where I stand. Rarely have there been hard feelings at the end that did not pass in time if I did not ‘side’ with one or the other.
The enemy loves to cause division. If he can put a chasm between two long-time friends, who were once rock solid together in the Word, then he has done his ‘good’ deed for the day. Splitting churches over silliness. Splitting friends from rumors. Splitting a country with differences of opinion. That is his entire game. Because once he starts the split, then he fills that area with innuendo and false (but logical) facts.
Sound familiar?
Today is His day. Today I encourage you, wherever you are, to have a conversation with Him about areas that may have an opening for the enemy to motivate you in the wrong direction. Have a conversation with Him about areas that need your forgiveness. Have a conversation with Him about a hurt that is not healing. Just have a conversation with Him and seek out YOUR truth in YOUR situation. Ask Him to reveal what you need to see. I encourage you to find the clear lens…with Him.
Be blessed today my friends.
***Which of you, if his son asks for bread, will give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a snake? If, then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good gifts to those who ask him! – Matthew 7:9-11
This has truly been a fantastic runaway for my husband and me. One that we genuinely needed to re-center ourselves and our relationship. Our last few months have been anything but boring. Work schedules, parental duties, parental care … then just regular and everyday life … Though we are centered in Christ, the enemy continues to weigh on us as try to wear us out. This weekend was just what the Father ordered for us to breathe.
Many times yesterday, I got chills or an awe-filled feeling about what we were encountering. The multitude of questions that always surround the story of Noah and the Ark… was really spelled out in this magnificent display. I highly recommend that if the opportunity arises, you take the Ark experience and (EXPERIENCE) the Ark.
Today we get the privilege of returning home in the rain. It rained last night, and it appears that a good portion of our trip will be traveled in the rain. How fitting, don’t you think? We visited the Ark, and now we get to drive in the rain. Haha.
Oh…here is a funny for you. Me and my squirrel-ism. I did the Virtual experience as well. I was a little disappointed in the visual quality, but I assumed that the pixels were meant to be that way. I can be such a goofus…I wear tri-focals…it wasn’t the pixels … it was that I was looking through the wrong lens. Duh.
How easy is it to see something in the wrong light or lens? When we walk into a chaotic scene, instantly, we assume whoever is the loudest is the aggressor and needs to be restrained…however, without knowing the facts, they could simply have been defending themselves. Naturally, if we enter into a situation like this, we need to quiet the tones so that everyone can be heard correctly. We should never take sides without first encountering or discovering the truth. Many conflicts with friends to friends I have been invited into. In each, I explain that I am on the side of Truth and Truth alone, so if your version is not truthful, I will not take your side. I do my best to impartially listen to both sides and then attempt to offer an equal solution. Because I enter a conflict in this manner, each side knows where I stand. Rarely have there been hard feelings at the end that did not pass in time if I did not ‘side’ with one or the other.
The enemy loves to cause division. If he can put a chasm between two long-time friends, who were once rock solid together in the Word, then he has done his ‘good’ deed for the day. Splitting churches over silliness. Splitting friends from rumors. Splitting a country with differences of opinion. That is his entire game. Because once he starts the split, then he fills that area with innuendo and false (but logical) facts.
Sound familiar?
Today is His day. Today I encourage you, wherever you are, to have a conversation with Him about areas that may have an opening for the enemy to motivate you in the wrong direction. Have a conversation with Him about areas that need your forgiveness. Have a conversation with Him about a hurt that is not healing. Just have a conversation with Him and seek out YOUR truth in YOUR situation. Ask Him to reveal what you need to see. I encourage you to find the clear lens…with Him.
Be blessed today my friends.
***Which of you, if his son asks for bread, will give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a snake? If, then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good gifts to those who ask him! – Matthew 7:9-11
Good morning to everyone. Grace and peace be with you.
This has truly been a fantastic runaway for my husband and me. One that we genuinely needed to re-center ourselves and our relationship. Our last few months have been anything but boring. Work schedules, parental duties, parental care … then just regular and everyday life … Though we are centered in Christ, the enemy continues to weigh on us as try to wear us out. This weekend was just what the Father ordered for us to breathe.
Many times yesterday, I got chills or an awe-filled feeling about what we were encountering. The multitude of questions that always surround the story of Noah and the Ark… was really spelled out in this magnificent display. I highly recommend that if the opportunity arises, you take the Ark experience and (EXPERIENCE) the Ark.
Today we get the privilege of returning home in the rain. It rained last night, and it appears that a good portion of our trip will be traveled in the rain. How fitting, don’t you think? We visited the Ark, and now we get to drive in the rain. Haha.
Oh…here is a funny for you. Me and my squirrel-ism. I did the Virtual experience as well. I was a little disappointed in the visual quality, but I assumed that the pixels were meant to be that way. I can be such a goofus…I wear tri-focals…it wasn’t the pixels … it was that I was looking through the wrong lens. Duh.
How easy is it to see something in the wrong light or lens? When we walk into a chaotic scene, instantly, we assume whoever is the loudest is the aggressor and needs to be restrained…however, without knowing the facts, they could simply have been defending themselves. Naturally, if we enter into a situation like this, we need to quiet the tones so that everyone can be heard correctly. We should never take sides without first encountering or discovering the truth. Many conflicts with friends to friends I have been invited into. In each, I explain that I am on the side of Truth and Truth alone, so if your version is not truthful, I will not take your side. I do my best to impartially listen to both sides and then attempt to offer an equal solution. Because I enter a conflict in this manner, each side knows where I stand. Rarely have there been hard feelings at the end that did not pass in time if I did not ‘side’ with one or the other.
The enemy loves to cause division. If he can put a chasm between two long-time friends, who were once rock solid together in the Word, then he has done his ‘good’ deed for the day. Splitting churches over silliness. Splitting friends from rumors. Splitting a country with differences of opinion. That is his entire game. Because once he starts the split, then he fills that area with innuendo and false (but logical) facts.
Sound familiar?
Today is His day. Today I encourage you, wherever you are, to have a conversation with Him about areas that may have an opening for the enemy to motivate you in the wrong direction. Have a conversation with Him about areas that need your forgiveness. Have a conversation with Him about a hurt that is not healing. Just have a conversation with Him and seek out YOUR truth in YOUR situation. Ask Him to reveal what you need to see. I encourage you to find the clear lens…with Him.
Be blessed today my friends.
***Which of you, if his son asks for bread, will give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a snake? If, then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good gifts to those who ask him! – Matthew 7:9-11
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