Faithful Father.

So this post is related to my newest post on my other blog, but I want to go in to the spiritual side of my new job. So I've been talking to my mom a lot about trusting the Lord with His plan for my life (as a recent college graduate, this is a lesson I'm just going to have to learn). I've been pretty actively job hunting since I've been home from school which has been almost a month and I started to get really doubtful. Whenever my mom and I would talk about it, she would always say, "Lauren, God sees the big picture, from beginning to end. You'll find the job He wants for you when He wants you to find it. We're just a small thread woven into the big fabric of time to eventually create this beautiful picture." Wow. How true is that?

²⁸And why are you anxious about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin, ²⁹yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.³⁰But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is alive and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will he not much more clothe you, O you of little faith? ³¹Therefore do not be anxious, saying, 'What shall we eat?' or 'What shall we drink?' or 'What shall we wear?' Matthew 6:28-31

²⁵And they went and woke him, saying, "Save us, Lord; we are perishing." ²⁶And he said to them, "Why are you afraid, O you of little faith?" Then he rose and rebuked the winds and the sea, and there was a great calm. Matthew 8: 25-26

³⁰But when he saw the wind, he was afraid, and beginning to sink he cried out, "Lord, save me." ³¹Jesus immediately reached out his hand and took hold of him, saying to him, "O you of little faith, why did you doubt?" Matthew 14:30-31

⁷And they began discussing it among themselves, saying, "We brought no bread." ⁸But Jesus, aware of this, said, "O you of little faith, why are you discussing among yourselves the fact that you have no bread? ⁹ Do you not yet perceive? Do you not remember the five loaves for the five thousand, and how many baskets you gathered? Matthew 16:7-9

These are 4 instances where Jesus said to his disciples, "O you of little faith". How many times has the Lord had to say to you, "O you of little faith"? I know He's said it to me many times. I think sometimes we think we're the star of the show that this world revolves around us. Could we be any further from the truth? My life, your life, everyday, everything in existence is all for the glory of God! I'm here to bring God glory in all that I do. So, yes it may have taken me a month to find a job but I know that God has put me with this family for a reason. Maybe they need to see the love of the Lord, or maybe they'll impact me in a way that only they could. I don't know, but this is where God wants me in the big picture. I'm so thankful that my God isn't about the temporary. He's always about the eternal! Praise the Lord that I don't understand His ways or His timing, because then, I would be God and He would receive no glory. Anyways, I don't know if this made sense or not, but I just love that I get to see God's hand move in my life everyday. Thank you Jesus for your faithfulness to your children.

lauren.

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honor your father and mother.

This will probably be a pretty short entry, but if you follow my other blog, you know I got my wisdom teeth out yesterday. Since I was so scared I took my trusty iPod with me to keep me removed from reality. I listened to one of my favorite speakers, Alistair Begg. I was listening to him speak on the role of the family. He talked about the role of the father and mother in the family but when he started to talk about the role of the children, it peaked my interest. I don't think that children understand the call that we have to honor our parents. It was something that in the old testament was punishable by death. Seems pretty intense...and while the punishment has obviously changed, the way God views this role is no less serious. Even in the New Testament, children are given this commandment: "Children, obey your parents in everything, for this pleases the Lord." Colossians 3:20. Even though I'm 22 years old, graduated from college and will soon be living on my own, I am still my parents' child and still owe them obedience and respect. While my relationship with my parents will begin to change, my calling as their child remains the same, to honor and respect them always as commanded by God. Think about this verse the next time you disagree with your parents or when you get in an argument at home.

lauren.

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my creator.

I never thought I would give in to the blogging fad, but here I am. I feel that this is a total God thing and that the reason I have this blog up is to walk in faith because I know that this summer, God will teach me so much and instill so much wisdom in me, that my heart will be aching to share my experiences.

So this blog is dedicated to ONLY the things that the Lord is revealing to me and to the things God is teaching me. Hopefully this blog will not only be a good way for me to record God's goodness and faithfulness, but will also be a way for me to encourage my brothers and sisters in Christ to pursue a passionate, intimate, targeted pursuit of their Savior.

The reason I chose green as the color of my blog is two fold. The first reason being, it is my favorite color. The second reason, is why it's my favorite color. Green never fails to remind me of God's faithfulness and his desire to have an intimate relationship with me. It reminds me of God's grace that he reveals himself and his character to man in every aspect of creation. It reminds me of the hope he brings of new life with both the cry of a newborn child and the cries of the sinner experiencing His redeeming love.

I recently had a discussion with a close friend of mine and we got to talking about how evident God has made himself and how everything on this earth points to a magnificent creator. I love that there are moments when I know God allows me to see things in creation just to praise Him and bring Him glory. There have been times when I've watched a sunset in my car all by myself and just cried because it makes me fall in love all over again with my beautiful Jesus. Next time you're outside walking into a store, walking to your car, walking around the block, for whatever the reason may be, look at God's beautiful creation and see what He shows you.

lauren.

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