In the Vine

"Your  steadfast   love , O  Lord , extends to the heavens, your faithfulness to the clouds." Psalm 36:5 This is a funny subject to write about because its all about "not writing about it." Last night, my husband had just left to go play basketball and I was finishing up the dishes and getting ready for a couple hours to sit and read my book. As I'm finishing the dishes, my phone rings and its Josh telling me to go look outside.  Anyone who knows me well, knows about my obsession with pink clouds. I see them as a love letter from God to me. It's God using his creation to wow me, to remind me that I am His and He loves me and He has it all under control.  I walked out to the back porch and this is what i saw.... It was incredible. This picture doesn't even do justice to the beauty that was out there. And that's what frustrated me... I spent a good ten minutes out there trying to get a picture of it that captured the beauty. I realized that I...

" When Jesus saw Nathanael approaching, he said of him,   “Here truly is an Israelite  in whom there is no deceit.” “How do you know me?” Nathanael asked. Jesus answered,   “I saw you while you were still under the fig tree before Philip called you." Then Nathanael declared, “Rabbi,  you are the Son of God;  you are the king of Israel.” Jesus said,  ' You believe because I told you I saw you under the fig tree. You will see greater things than that.'   51  He then added,  'Very truly I tell you,   you will see heaven open,  and the angels of God ascending and descending  on the Son of Man.'" John 1:47-51 In Jesus's first days of his ministry, he began to call his disciples. I'm always amazed by their ability to just get up and follow, leaving everything behind. That is something I strive for and often fail at.  When it came to Nathanael, Jesus let him know that he saw him earlier sitting under a fig...