My Vacation Top 10 List...and thoughts!
Just got back from the cottage and thought I'd drop a line about the top ten things I learned while on vacation...
10. Make sure you have enough gas before starting out on a journey ANYWHERE up north...they run on a different time zone and everything closes at sunset!
9. ALWAYS check for parking signs. It is not fun (or cheap) to get your car towed in Toronto.
8. I may not be able to donate my blood to Red Cross, but there are thousands of bugs who have benefited from my walking blood bank supply as we speak.
7. Bug repellant is a marketing scam!
6. Never eat cotton candy ice cream before swimming (even if it DOES come from Kawartha Dairy!)
5. Sunscreen is always a good idea.
4. Never leave your mouth open while engaging in high-speed water sports that may incur major face plants!
3. Hugs and kisses come best from kids (please remember I am still single and for now I'll vouch that the simple trusting and innocent love of a child can give almost any romantic love a run for its money!)
2. Family - no matter how screwed up - is an amazing thing to be a part of.
1. TRUST!
Yeah, trust made # 1...I know it's not as funny as the rest, but it was the major thread God was weaving throughout my week. As I visited a friend and challenged her to trust in God, the two areas in my life most under attack (my car and my finances) were being put under fire (well, to be more accurate, on the back of a tow truck!) And I could hear God whispering to my heart - "Do you trust me?"...but God - it's costing me 220 bucks! - "Do you trust me?"...
And so I really had to take a look at my life and contemplate how (or even if!) I am really trusting God. Is our trust based on people, or even our circumstances? If everything was stripped away, and we were left with nothing but God, would we still trust on His promises? Tough questions...
And yet God is constantly promising us so much through His word. As I was meditating this past week on what a life of faith looks like, and what it means to trust, the following verses kept popping in my head...
"Trust in the Lord with ALL your heart,
And lean not on your own understanding;
In ALL your ways acknowledge Him,
And He shall direct your paths."
- Proverbs 3:5-6
"Behold, God is my salvation,
I will trust and not be afraid;
For Yah, the Lord, is my strength and song;
He has also become my salvation."
- Isaiah 12:2
"Trust in the Lord and do good;
Dwell in the land and feed on His faithfulness.
Delight yourself also in the Lord
And He shall give you the desires of your heart."
- Psalm 37:3
God was exemplifying in my current state, my need to trust Him with everything...the big, the small, the expensive! How fitting was it that I was reading about the life of George Muller - a man who trusted in God and lived in faith for ALL his needs - from food and clothing, to housing for orphans, to guidance in what he should be doing.
And as I'm thinking on all this stuff, I could hear the tune from the Jungle Book in the back of my mind "Trust in me...just in my...close your eyes and trust in me..." And I had to close my eyes - to everything that would beg me to doubt God's hand upon my life, and I committed to Him to live a life of trust...of faith. Whatever that may mean - wherever that my call me...whatever hardships I will face - may my faith never be shaken! May I be able - in both prosperity and persecution - to say with Job..."The Lord gives, the Lord takes away - blessed be the name of the Lord."
10. Make sure you have enough gas before starting out on a journey ANYWHERE up north...they run on a different time zone and everything closes at sunset!
9. ALWAYS check for parking signs. It is not fun (or cheap) to get your car towed in Toronto.
8. I may not be able to donate my blood to Red Cross, but there are thousands of bugs who have benefited from my walking blood bank supply as we speak.
7. Bug repellant is a marketing scam!
6. Never eat cotton candy ice cream before swimming (even if it DOES come from Kawartha Dairy!)
5. Sunscreen is always a good idea.
4. Never leave your mouth open while engaging in high-speed water sports that may incur major face plants!
3. Hugs and kisses come best from kids (please remember I am still single and for now I'll vouch that the simple trusting and innocent love of a child can give almost any romantic love a run for its money!)
2. Family - no matter how screwed up - is an amazing thing to be a part of.
1. TRUST!
Yeah, trust made # 1...I know it's not as funny as the rest, but it was the major thread God was weaving throughout my week. As I visited a friend and challenged her to trust in God, the two areas in my life most under attack (my car and my finances) were being put under fire (well, to be more accurate, on the back of a tow truck!) And I could hear God whispering to my heart - "Do you trust me?"...but God - it's costing me 220 bucks! - "Do you trust me?"...
And so I really had to take a look at my life and contemplate how (or even if!) I am really trusting God. Is our trust based on people, or even our circumstances? If everything was stripped away, and we were left with nothing but God, would we still trust on His promises? Tough questions...
And yet God is constantly promising us so much through His word. As I was meditating this past week on what a life of faith looks like, and what it means to trust, the following verses kept popping in my head...
"Trust in the Lord with ALL your heart,
And lean not on your own understanding;
In ALL your ways acknowledge Him,
And He shall direct your paths."
- Proverbs 3:5-6
"Behold, God is my salvation,
I will trust and not be afraid;
For Yah, the Lord, is my strength and song;
He has also become my salvation."
- Isaiah 12:2
"Trust in the Lord and do good;
Dwell in the land and feed on His faithfulness.
Delight yourself also in the Lord
And He shall give you the desires of your heart."
- Psalm 37:3
God was exemplifying in my current state, my need to trust Him with everything...the big, the small, the expensive! How fitting was it that I was reading about the life of George Muller - a man who trusted in God and lived in faith for ALL his needs - from food and clothing, to housing for orphans, to guidance in what he should be doing.
And as I'm thinking on all this stuff, I could hear the tune from the Jungle Book in the back of my mind "Trust in me...just in my...close your eyes and trust in me..." And I had to close my eyes - to everything that would beg me to doubt God's hand upon my life, and I committed to Him to live a life of trust...of faith. Whatever that may mean - wherever that my call me...whatever hardships I will face - may my faith never be shaken! May I be able - in both prosperity and persecution - to say with Job..."The Lord gives, the Lord takes away - blessed be the name of the Lord."
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