Restored Art!
I was looking at some pictures today from a few years ago and it reminded me that life with God is full of special memories and special people. God, the Father, the master artist, is painting the most amazing mysterious picture and we are personal witnesses as it unfolds.
Do you ever find yourself so preoccupied with responsibilities that life is no longer enjoyable? Why do you think youth prefer not to be around adults? Because we are so serious, we no longer know how to have fun. Let us not lose our childlike faith. Joy does not come because life is easy and full of fun, it comes because we trust God no matter what.
I had a demanding job that created heavy pressure. I chose though in the midst of working hard to enjoy it, to create an environment where as a group we accomplished much and enjoyed each others company by keeping a positive attitude. Joy is contagious, there was one lady that worked with us that always had a sour look on her face, yet it didn't take long before she herself was laughing and having a good time while she still got her work done.
We have to remember God is with us, Emmanuel! We are not surviving but thriving, we have His grace our work is His work so with His added strength everything turns to gold. When we worry, stress, have fear and anxiety it is because we don't trust God and are trying to accomplish things alone. Our Attitude reflects our altitude. If our thoughts are above we see through a Heavenly unlimited perspective, if our thoughts are just on our circumstances we have a earthly limited perspective.
Paul prays for the Ephesians in chapter 3 verse 14-21 that God would empower them with His unlimited strength through His Spirit, that Christ would make His home in their hearts, that they would understand and experience how deep and wide is His love, being made complete with all the fullness of life and power in God.
Let us speak like Paul over ourselves and into others what God desires to create into being. For God has chosen us to work with Him in restoring His beautiful painting called Earth. Since we are made in the image of God our words create, the bible says "death and life is in the power of the tongue." Just like God used Adam to name the animals and cultivate the earth, He uses our words and actions as His paintbrush.
We are called to restore this beautiful painting removing what has been distorted by sin with how things were in the garden of Eden, God and man in holy union with all of creation in perfect harmony with Him.
Do you ever find yourself so preoccupied with responsibilities that life is no longer enjoyable? Why do you think youth prefer not to be around adults? Because we are so serious, we no longer know how to have fun. Let us not lose our childlike faith. Joy does not come because life is easy and full of fun, it comes because we trust God no matter what.
I had a demanding job that created heavy pressure. I chose though in the midst of working hard to enjoy it, to create an environment where as a group we accomplished much and enjoyed each others company by keeping a positive attitude. Joy is contagious, there was one lady that worked with us that always had a sour look on her face, yet it didn't take long before she herself was laughing and having a good time while she still got her work done.
We have to remember God is with us, Emmanuel! We are not surviving but thriving, we have His grace our work is His work so with His added strength everything turns to gold. When we worry, stress, have fear and anxiety it is because we don't trust God and are trying to accomplish things alone. Our Attitude reflects our altitude. If our thoughts are above we see through a Heavenly unlimited perspective, if our thoughts are just on our circumstances we have a earthly limited perspective.
Paul prays for the Ephesians in chapter 3 verse 14-21 that God would empower them with His unlimited strength through His Spirit, that Christ would make His home in their hearts, that they would understand and experience how deep and wide is His love, being made complete with all the fullness of life and power in God.
Let us speak like Paul over ourselves and into others what God desires to create into being. For God has chosen us to work with Him in restoring His beautiful painting called Earth. Since we are made in the image of God our words create, the bible says "death and life is in the power of the tongue." Just like God used Adam to name the animals and cultivate the earth, He uses our words and actions as His paintbrush.
We are called to restore this beautiful painting removing what has been distorted by sin with how things were in the garden of Eden, God and man in holy union with all of creation in perfect harmony with Him.
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