Value

"Our value is not measured by what we do for God but by what He has done for us."

Detox

Yesterday I got back from my missions trip to Mesbilja in Chiapas, Mexico...I am very excited to be home because I missed everyone A LOT but also my heart cries out for a couple people back in Mesbilja. Today from everything that has gone on in the last two weeks I feel like I am "detoxing" mentally, physically, and spiritually.

This was the second time going down to Mesbilja and both times were COMPLETELY different...group dynamics, focus, what went on, what got accomplished, traveling, etc. I'm not going to go into much details about the trip yet but that will come (soon I hope). I do want to say how thankful I am that I have a God who protects every step and has it all planned out. Many times I do not understand or wish it could be different but God has it go the best way for me...whether I am learning something new, gaining new strength, seeing Him differently, or making a connection. God is a God of great things if we are willing to let Him lead and seek His face through any and every thing.

Thank yoU for being so powerful, mighty, loving, caring, and patient with me!!

WOW God!!

Can I say today is another beautiful day that God has given us. :) This evening I went to Starbucks to get a Caramel Frappuccino Light and sit outside to enjoy a new book I just got and God bless me with this perfect weather to do in (and yes I tried to work a little bit on "my tan").

As you know I am a BIG time numbers person (to some a nerd) which my mind and eyes are attracted to them. The book I picked up has some number facts and talks about mind-boggling science of an Awesome Creator. I know my God has done and still is doing some amazing things but when you break it down it really is "WOW my God did that!!" :)

The title of the book is "God's an Artist and You're a Masterpiece". Take a second and really ponder on that the title says. "I'm a Masterpiece" really? Heck yeah, you are and God did a wonderful job too!! :) I know some times things do not seem so happy go lucky and we question why did God made me like this or like that or with this or with that but please remember God did not screw up one bit. Yes, that might be hard to grasp but it's true. Our God created each of us uniquely to be one of His masterpieces.

Here are some of the things in the book that caught my eye and made me thing WOW God, really!?! :)

-Owls can hear sounds ten times softer than humans can pick up.
-A German shepherd or a bloodhound has 220 million smell cells compared to 5 million smell cells for humans.
-An eagle has eyes that are larger and six times sharper than those of a human. (dang...and I even went to the eye doctor today)
-Birds see everything at once and in total focus because their eyes are flat.
-Seagulls have built-in sunglasses (actually droplets of reddish oil that shield the retina from the sun's blue light).
-A flea can jump one hundred times the height of its own body-equivalent of a six-foot man jumping over a forty-story build.
-A flea can accelerate fifty times faster than a space shuttle.
-The fastest moving animal is the peregrine falcon clocked moving at 217 mph in a dive for prey.
-A snail moves at a rate of 0.000362005 mph.
-A person has six hundred muscles compared to a caterpillar which has over two thousand.
-An ant can lift fifty times its own weight.
-A bee can handle three-hundred times its own weight-equivalent to a human pulling a ten-ton trailer.
-Seals can dive to depths of up to 2,600 feet and stay under water for as long as two hours without coming up for air.
-The Arctic tern travels up to 22,000 miles a year without getting lost.
-A camel can keep going for three days, carrying a heavy load, without drinking a drop of water.

"Look, my Maker has tremendous intelligence, ingenuity, and imagination!!"

And the Creator is always greater than the things He created.
"I am the Lord, who has made all things, who alone stretched out the heavens, who spread out the earth by myself." Isaiah 44:24

My Maker is definitely the WOW type and I am amazed by Him all the time. Some times I know I take His creations for granted and later I kick myself for it. And there is so much out there that God wants us to see and experience. He has planned a journey for each us to go on and it's up to us whether we accept the journey with full trust, faith and hope in Him...Let our amazing God WOW you because He is the Creator of everything big and small. :)

Appear Closer

The other day I was driving in my car listening to the radio and I heard something that made a light bulb go off in my head even thou I have heard it numerous times. On the passenger mirror, it says "objects in mirror are closer than they appear" I can't say how many times I have heard that God is closer than He appears but this time it clicked because I had a visual to compare it to (well see). Also, the mirror we look into while driving is bent so you can have a wider view of things. Exactly like how our world view is bent so we can see a wider picture. I know I need to be careful of specific things that I want closer to me than others, but God is one of those things that will remain close to me.



Deuteronomy 31:6 "Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or terrified because of them, for the LORD your God goes with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you."