God is an artist

I am not a huge blogger/writer but I wanted to create this blog for my family and friends to read and have an insight as to what I am doing. In 8 short days I will be traveling to Limpopo, South Africa. I hear I will be in the middle of nowhere and it really is God's country. While there I will be staying on a game farm, surrounded my wildlife! woot! woot! I look forward to what the Lord has in store! I am really, really excited about the night sky. Any one who knows me, knows I LOVE the stars and enjoy star gazing. I hear the sky is beautiful and different than ours. Living in the city there are a pollution of trees,smog, buildings, unfortunately we cannot see and appreciate the night sky because our view is blocked.

Don Miller (one of my favorite authors) writes about the night sky in his book, Through Painted Deserts. Don and his friend Paul take a road trip to the Grand Canyon. Toward the end of their trip they stop and end up relocating to Oregon. While in Oregon they camp out at Black Butte Ranch (I want to go!) and Don begins to see God in a different light:

"I start realizing that this is the first time I have encountered beauty in nature. I've read poems that have made my heart race. I've read scenes in novels that have caused me to close the book, set my head in my hands, and wonder how a human could so brilliantly orchestrate words. But nature has never inspired me until now. God is an artist, I think to myself. I have known this for a long time, seeing His brushwork in the sunrise and sunset, and His sculpting in the mountains and the rivers. But the night sky is His greatest work."

I love how Don puts it. We serve an articulate, creative, beautiful God! There is none like Him. Thank you Lord for giving me sight to see your master piece in nature. Thank you Lord for giving me the opportunity to travel to South Africa. I love you and will serve you all the days of my life.

To All my:SINGLE LADIES!

As many of you know I am ecstatic about meeting my husband! However, I know I need to stay focused on Christ and he will introduce me to my life partner. I want to use this note to encourage the single women (and men) out there!

All women deserve a man who has one thing on his mind: doing God’s will. Therefore, wait for a guy whose intention is to love you purely and lead you to God. Do not settle for less. Put the matter in God’s hands. Take this time to give yourself unreservedly to the Lord to build up his kingdom. Let Him worry about building up yours. Too often people are so concerned with finding Mr. or Miss Right that they miss the opportunity to serve God in their singleness. As women our job is to give our singleness to Christ. Keep your eyes on him instead of on positional future spouses.

I firmly believe that the strongest marriages are those in which both the man and the woman, prior to marriage, embraced the gift of singleness. Often we do not accept this gift because we are waiting for the gift of marriage or exhausting ourselves maintaining passing relationships. (GUILTY) Before we can be happily married, we need to learn to be happily single.

**The best husband and father will be a guy who is single-hearted for God. So be two of a kind. If you want a man of God, become a godly woman. Set the standard high. Look for a guy who takes the initiative to set pure guidelines for the relationship.

Pray for your future spouse and for discernment in your vocation. Be at peace, and know that God cares about the desires of your heart. He who shaped the universe has not overlooked the smallest details.  

Girls you are His precious daughter! Get excited for WHO God has in store for you!


"To be pure, to remain pure, can only come at a price, the price of knowing God and loving Him enough to do His will."
-Mother Teresa

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I wonder how a human could so brilliantly orchestrate words. Please view the link above. It is a poem titled "I will wait for you" very good!!