Just a forewarning, this is not a picture-crazy post. Yes, I've attached 2 pictures, but there's a lot of rambling in between. Anyway. It's kinda interesting how God works somethings out in such a timing that otherwise wouldn't be as significant. Hence, the title "vegetable soup." Independently, lima beans are absolutely disgusting, but in a good vegetable soup, filled with other delicious vegetables and savory spices, a lima bean can slide down my throat with barely a shudder. Things that are questionable when they happen seem to have a bigger purpose when put in the context of other events. Okay. Enough of my poorly explained analogy.
Here's my point. I just finished reading Evidence Not Seen by Darlene Deibler Rose. I was reminded again that God is a God of both the big and little things in life. He is big enough to protect these women and children in a horrific Japanese POW camp during WW2, but yet He cares enough about the small things to allow Darlene to have some bananas. (If you've read the book, you understand the significance of the bananas.) God is big enough to hear prayers for "big" things, like how are we going to pay these bills, but not too big to hear our prayers for the "small" things, like help me to find Ryan's pacifier when his teeth are bothering him.
Another point that struck home was her attitude & gratitude for the smallest things. Whenever something was taken away, she found something else to be grateful for. Even when she was tempted to ask God "why", she was soon reminded that God would always take care of her, no matter what. There are so many things that stuck out at me, I can't even put them all down in a blog post. However, those are the 2 biggest things that I learned.
All of that being said, God brought this book along at just the right time. A couple things that she was going through really applied to my life, on a much smaller scale. But God still used the verses that she claimed to work in my own heart. In the time that it took me to read this book (yes, it took me a little over a week to read a 220 page book, but hey, I'm taking care of 2 kids ages 2 & under), several people have died and two friends have had near-fatal motorcycle accidents. The latest was the husband of one of Scott's coworkers. He was suppose to meet his wife for dinner & never showed. She is a good woman & like a mother to everyone at JD. (She loves our kids and our kids love her.) Why would God take her husband away from her so suddenly? That is not a question for us to ask. God does what gives Him the most glory (see my post from April). It is a sobering reminder that good work alone will not get us into Heaven. It's sad to see people put all their faith in their works, but yet, it brings a sense of relief (if I can say that without sounding harsh or callous). It's not up to me to get myself into Heaven. I just have to trust that Christ died for my sins. What a relief that if I mess up in life (which you don't have to know me all that well to know that I mess up all the time), I didn't just ruin my chances of salvation.
Okay. I'm rambling and the kids are waking up, so I'd best wrap up my soapbox. I'll leave you with one final encouragement. The next time you have vegetable soup, remember that God works all things well. My apologies if I've jumbled up everything I was trying to say.
Here are a couple a couple pictures of the kids "resting" on their couch.
Here's my point. I just finished reading Evidence Not Seen by Darlene Deibler Rose. I was reminded again that God is a God of both the big and little things in life. He is big enough to protect these women and children in a horrific Japanese POW camp during WW2, but yet He cares enough about the small things to allow Darlene to have some bananas. (If you've read the book, you understand the significance of the bananas.) God is big enough to hear prayers for "big" things, like how are we going to pay these bills, but not too big to hear our prayers for the "small" things, like help me to find Ryan's pacifier when his teeth are bothering him.
Another point that struck home was her attitude & gratitude for the smallest things. Whenever something was taken away, she found something else to be grateful for. Even when she was tempted to ask God "why", she was soon reminded that God would always take care of her, no matter what. There are so many things that stuck out at me, I can't even put them all down in a blog post. However, those are the 2 biggest things that I learned.
All of that being said, God brought this book along at just the right time. A couple things that she was going through really applied to my life, on a much smaller scale. But God still used the verses that she claimed to work in my own heart. In the time that it took me to read this book (yes, it took me a little over a week to read a 220 page book, but hey, I'm taking care of 2 kids ages 2 & under), several people have died and two friends have had near-fatal motorcycle accidents. The latest was the husband of one of Scott's coworkers. He was suppose to meet his wife for dinner & never showed. She is a good woman & like a mother to everyone at JD. (She loves our kids and our kids love her.) Why would God take her husband away from her so suddenly? That is not a question for us to ask. God does what gives Him the most glory (see my post from April). It is a sobering reminder that good work alone will not get us into Heaven. It's sad to see people put all their faith in their works, but yet, it brings a sense of relief (if I can say that without sounding harsh or callous). It's not up to me to get myself into Heaven. I just have to trust that Christ died for my sins. What a relief that if I mess up in life (which you don't have to know me all that well to know that I mess up all the time), I didn't just ruin my chances of salvation.
Okay. I'm rambling and the kids are waking up, so I'd best wrap up my soapbox. I'll leave you with one final encouragement. The next time you have vegetable soup, remember that God works all things well. My apologies if I've jumbled up everything I was trying to say.
Here are a couple a couple pictures of the kids "resting" on their couch.
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Thanks for sharing this with us by following Heb. 10:24.
Enjoy this blog esp. and hope to reciprocate to Lauren and Ryan soon
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