Did you hear?

(Scene: C and me standing in line serving at the food pantry)

C: Did you hear the good news?

Me: No... what happened?

C: Well, I called the doctor yesterday to get my lab results?

Me (anxiously): Yes...

C: They couldn't find anything! The doctors don't understand what happened!

Me: Wow! What did you do?

C: I hung up the phone as soon as they said that, because I know what happened! God healed me.

Vision

We've been talking about vision in my small group for the past few weeks. What is the vision for my life? This leads me to another confession: every time I hear someone say "God called me to be (...)", I feel a little sad, because I haven't figured out the (...) for my life yet. Not jealous, or envious, just a little sad. I have a vision for my life, I think. It just feels a little fuzzy sometimes, at least it felt this way until a few minutes ago.

I was listening to Brandon Heath's song "Give me your eyes" this morning, and I silently prayed that I would have "His eyes for just one second" (or maybe two seconds). That's when I realized, that I probably could not handle having His eyes, even for one second because... I would freak out! I'd try to deal, negotiate or even worse, try to make it happen. I'll just be content with what I have for now, thank you...



I just love when messages like that travel from my brain to my heart!


EED

A father's blessing

I realized something important over the past few weeks: having my father's blessing does not mean that he will approve of everything I do.

It might sound obvious for some, but it took me a while to figure it out. I have spend years trying to reconcile the two concepts: blessing and approval. My father reminded me that I had his blessing in everything I do. His comment took me by surprise considering the few "issues" we've been through over the past few months. I was so caught up in my need for approval that I lost sight of the meaning of a blessing.

No wonder Jacob so eager to steal Esau's blessing (granted Esau didn't seem to have much consideration for his birthright..)

EED