When we are being still and knowing that he is God, it is not necessarily because we are looking at pleasant gardens of delight. Sometimes we are looking at the raw exercise of his power.
Michael i am sitting in my outdoor quiet place this morning, you know where that is. I am fully witnessing the blessings of God’s provision for our earthly delights. But in that same place i am reminded of Adam’s sin. I am resting from the exertions to keep my garden of delights free of invasive weeds, the need to physically remove destructive insects from devouring my Liliums that are a few days away from their first blooms. This garden of mine is an ever present reminder of God’s intended goodness towards us and i am forever thankful, but it does not come without my daily toil to keep it free from Satans destruction. Such is the lesson of life we must accept, and if we do accept this reality for this life, my faith and hope for the life to come grows.
Michael i am sitting in my outdoor quiet place this morning, you know where that is. I am fully witnessing the blessings of God’s provision for our earthly delights. But in that same place i am reminded of Adam’s sin. I am resting from the exertions to keep my garden of delights free of invasive weeds, the need to physically remove destructive insects from devouring my Liliums that are a few days away from their first blooms. This garden of mine is an ever present reminder of God’s intended goodness towards us and i am forever thankful, but it does not come without my daily toil to keep it free from Satans destruction. Such is the lesson of life we must accept, and if we do accept this reality for this life, my faith and hope for the life to come grows.