GrowingwithGod by Ronwyn
Learning to see God in everyday situations should draw our hearts daily to seek to know our 'Living God'.
Wednesday, November 6, 2024
Brave
Wednesday, October 30, 2024
Star gazer
One of my favourite things to do on warm summer nights is to spend some time outside just gazing at the stars. If this is something you love doing too, I'd encourage you to download an app like Stellarium. It gives you great, accurate sky mapping so you can find all the constellations. I can't wait to try it out some time in an area with less city lights. My never ending curiosity leads me to fantasize about what other planets in other solar systems or galaxies, may be like.
I am truly such a star loving fan that I am a total Sci-Fi nut! Star Wars, Star Trek, Stargate.....I love them all! Totally my idea of relaxation. Truth be told though, if warp speed travel was truly possible, I'd be right out there between the stars right now!
But what is it precisely about star gazing that really makes me love it? It is trying to comprehend, just how big our galaxy really is. When life is a bit overwhelming, or frustrating and things feel like they are spinning out of control, star gazing reminds me just how small our planet really is, and just how small my life is in the grand scheme of things. AND that the same God, who holds all the stars in their place by means we cannot even fathom, and who can birth new stars and new planets every day, and who could have created more galaxies than we will ever know....if He can do all that and keep them under control, then certainly my problems are not that big, and our mighty God is able to restore order in the most difficult of circumstances.
What is our faith really, if we cannot believe that the greatest creator cannot create a means for us to have peace and fulfullment in our lives. He loves us more than we could ever know and His greatest desire is for us to trust Him, rest in Him and allow Him, to orchestrate our lives as only He can know best. "To let go and let God" means to know that we are not trusting some magician to wave a magic wand and make things right, but to allow God to be God and take control.
Now, to infinity and beyond!
Monday, October 21, 2024
Little cat of horrors 2.0
Wednesday, October 16, 2024
The greatest asset purchase ever!
Tuesday, October 15, 2024
Image of forgiveness
Saturday, October 12, 2024
The calling
Wednesday, March 27, 2024
Identi-Fluff
This morning, while I was getting ready for work, my newest baby fluff cat, Midnight, rubbed up against my leg for attention. I picked him up for a cuddle and I sometimes like to look at us in the mirror because then I can see both our faces enjoying the affection. Midnight however decided he didn't like this one bit and proceeded to squirm to escape. This promted the question: Little fluff how do you know what you look like, if you never look in the mirror?
This reminded me of James chapter 1:23-25.
23 Anyone who listens to the word but does not do what it says is like someone who looks at his face in a mirror 24 and, after looking at himself, goes away and immediately forgets what he looks like. 25 But whoever looks intently into the perfect law that gives freedom, and continues in it—not forgetting what they have heard, but doing it—they will be blessed in what they do.
I ask you therefore, how often do you look at yourself in the mirror and see what measure of manor of person you are? It is only when we gaze into the 'eyes of Jesus' through looking at the word of God that we truly figure out who we really are. For no one has ever loved us like Christ did, for He gave His life to be the sacrifice for us so that we could live free.