In the Beginning God Created Freedom

I think one of the marvelous creations by God is the creation of freedom. If God is in everything and created everything imagine trying to create something that can do something separate from God. In a sense ignore the God that created it. He gave this freedom to many things not just humans, He gave it to the angels.

But the trouble with freedom is that it comes with responsibility. If you are free to do what you want, you are now free to cause pain. Free to limit other peoples freedom. Free to cause other people pain. God isn't going to limit this ability all the time because then we wouldn't be free.

So what does God do about this tragic situation was not his intention when he created freedom. He doesn't change the rules of freedom, but rather He gives every believer the ability to overcome. He gives every believer everything that they will need.

I believe God had in his mind, beings that out of there own free will would trust God, Worship God, and serve God. I believe He is still intent on seeing His plan through.

Those are my thoughts for today!

God bless us,
God lead us,
God protect us,
God lead us to green pastures.

Footprints in the Sand

Footprints in the Sand
One night I dreamed I was walking along the beach with the Lord. Many scenes from my life flashed across the sky.
In each scene I noticed footprints in the sand. Sometimes there were two sets of footprints, other times there was one only.
This bothered me because I noticed that during the low periods of my life, when I was suffering from anguish, sorrow or defeat, I could see only one set of footprints, so I said to the Lord,

“You promised me Lord, that if I followed you, you would walk with me always. But I have noticed that during the most trying periods of my life there has only been one set of footprints in the sand.Why, when I needed you most, have you not been there for me?”The Lord replied, “The years when you have seen only one set of footprints, my child, is when I carried you.”

Mary Stevenson, 1936

Sorry I have no pictures of steps in the sand

I pray your having a great week!!

Recently I have been re-introduced to the concept of chaos.

Lets go back many years right to genesis 1:1+2
"In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was on the face of the deep. And the spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters."

Once I was told that people in the middle east, especially in the past didn't understand water as we do. We go to the beach, jump in the water. But people in the past thought about water as chaos. That is where boats where lost, and things disappeared beneath the water line.

So God hovered above this chaos. This destructive unlivable environment and created life.

We are the anomaly, we are the divine inspiration that God breathed into existence from the deep waters.

How great how awesome is our God.

God you are creator and ruler of this world.
God help us,
God lead us
God be with us.