Abbie picked up the cat today. (Abbie is only 3.5 years old.) She has tried, unsuccessfully, to pick up the cat in the past, but today, she actually accomplished her goal. You should have seen the look on the cat's face/ears--"I can't believe she is doing this!" I wish I had a camera at that moment.
If you know my cat, Kirei aka Booboo, then you would know that NO ONE touches the cat, except me, Jim & Abbie. The cat bites everyone else. Booboo will deceive naive people who think that they are some sort of cat guru & can pet her. She licks their hand for a second or two, then strikes! What she is really doing, is cleaning you BEFORE she bites.
Today, Abbie made some tickets to heaven. She made one for Jim, one for me, one for herself, & one for Booboo. Abbie told me that we would need our tickets when we go to heaven tomorrow.
I guess I should not be surprised that Abbie talks about heaven as a place to visit, like Grandma & Grandpa's house. I told her that once we get to heaven, we won't be coming back--we won't need to. She wants to take her teddy bear. I told her that God has better toys for her in heaven, so she won't need teddy. She asked me if she has to take naps in heaven. Hmmmm . . . Abbie seems pretty content with my answers so far. We talk about heaven a lot.
. . . when we go to heaven tomorrow . . .
I guess we all need the reminder, that we just might be going to heaven tomorrow. Kids have their spiritual eyes open wider than adults. I think "wide eyed" is the expression.
Oh, that my eyes would be wide to all that the LORD would have me to know.
Do you have your "ticket?"
Mark 13:32 (NIV)
No one knows about that day or hour, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father.
I Corinthians 2:9 (ESV)
But, as it is written, "What no eye has seen, nor ear heard, nor the heart of man imagined, what God has prepared for those who love him."
Sunday, February 1, 2009
Saturday, January 31, 2009
It's a start
O.K. So I started a blog. Don't know how far I'll go with it.
I'll be pasting my notes from FB here, so if you've already read them all, then you're in for a repeat. If not, sit back & get comfortable--I'm long winded.
I'll be pasting my notes from FB here, so if you've already read them all, then you're in for a repeat. If not, sit back & get comfortable--I'm long winded.
Friday, January 30, 2009
Looking for dawn
Looking for dawn, Friday, 01/30/2009 at 4:45pm on FB
As I throw my legs over the bed, my feet search for my slippers, situated on the floor next to the bed. I slide my feet in, grudgingly rise, & shuffle my way through the darkness, to the bathroom. I take joy in the fact that at this time, I’m only making one trip to the bathroom each night. Very soon, I will need to make multiple trips to the bathroom each night. (I’m eight weeks pregnant, now. After the baby is born, no telling how many times I'll be up each night!)
Darkness. It hides sin. It keeps us from seeing truth.
One of my favorite pastimes (of the mind) is to ponder what heaven will be like. I have so many questions. (Maybe you have some, too?) Will we have to go to the bathroom? Will angels have wings with feathers like a bird, or skin like a bat? (Bats are mammals-I’m not saying that angels are mammals--I have no idea--that’s another question.) How will we travel? Just think of a place, & we’re there? Will I still need to take “classes” to learn new things? (I think we will always be learning.) Will I always be able to sing on key? Will I know all the words to the songs? I think there will be animals in heaven--but will my pets be there? Will I be able to communicate with animals? I have dozens of questions--I won’t list them all here.
Last night, Abbie asked me if she would be able to see God’s eyes, when we get to heaven. I told her, yes. She asked if we could meet God together. I know she’s little, & meeting new people is scary to her now, but I pray that she will KNOW God, long before we go to heaven. (Abbie is only 3 years old, now.)
I’m reading the book by C.S. Lewis, titled “The Problem With Pain.” In it, Lewis talks about the doctrine of The Fall, & what man may have been like before the fall. He suggests that his spirit was in COMPLETE control of his body, even over involuntary things like being hungry, or tired, or digestion, or having to go to the bathroom. The spirit was not overwhelmed by these “desires” of the body. It’s hard to imagine that much control over your being. Of course, that control was forfeit when man decided to elevate his own desires above God. We now inherit an entirely different body, than that of the paradisal man. How much easier it would have been to worship God, without the “pull” of our flesh. Now, our flesh rules us. We live in sin, death & darkness.
“The people dwelling in darkness have seen a great light, and for those dwelling in the region and shadow of death, on them a light has dawned.” Matthew 4:16 ESV
Jesus is the light that has dawned on us.
“For God, who said, "Let light shine out of darkness," has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.” 2 Corinthians 4:6 ESV
We can’t see Jesus completely now, because of our flesh. But one day, in heaven, we’ll meet Him & see His eyes.
“For now we see in a mirror dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I have been fully known.” I Corinthians 3:12 ESV
I’m really looking forward to that day. No more darkness.
How about you?
“For at one time you were darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light.” Ephesians 5:8 ESV
As I throw my legs over the bed, my feet search for my slippers, situated on the floor next to the bed. I slide my feet in, grudgingly rise, & shuffle my way through the darkness, to the bathroom. I take joy in the fact that at this time, I’m only making one trip to the bathroom each night. Very soon, I will need to make multiple trips to the bathroom each night. (I’m eight weeks pregnant, now. After the baby is born, no telling how many times I'll be up each night!)
Darkness. It hides sin. It keeps us from seeing truth.
One of my favorite pastimes (of the mind) is to ponder what heaven will be like. I have so many questions. (Maybe you have some, too?) Will we have to go to the bathroom? Will angels have wings with feathers like a bird, or skin like a bat? (Bats are mammals-I’m not saying that angels are mammals--I have no idea--that’s another question.) How will we travel? Just think of a place, & we’re there? Will I still need to take “classes” to learn new things? (I think we will always be learning.) Will I always be able to sing on key? Will I know all the words to the songs? I think there will be animals in heaven--but will my pets be there? Will I be able to communicate with animals? I have dozens of questions--I won’t list them all here.
Last night, Abbie asked me if she would be able to see God’s eyes, when we get to heaven. I told her, yes. She asked if we could meet God together. I know she’s little, & meeting new people is scary to her now, but I pray that she will KNOW God, long before we go to heaven. (Abbie is only 3 years old, now.)
I’m reading the book by C.S. Lewis, titled “The Problem With Pain.” In it, Lewis talks about the doctrine of The Fall, & what man may have been like before the fall. He suggests that his spirit was in COMPLETE control of his body, even over involuntary things like being hungry, or tired, or digestion, or having to go to the bathroom. The spirit was not overwhelmed by these “desires” of the body. It’s hard to imagine that much control over your being. Of course, that control was forfeit when man decided to elevate his own desires above God. We now inherit an entirely different body, than that of the paradisal man. How much easier it would have been to worship God, without the “pull” of our flesh. Now, our flesh rules us. We live in sin, death & darkness.
“The people dwelling in darkness have seen a great light, and for those dwelling in the region and shadow of death, on them a light has dawned.” Matthew 4:16 ESV
Jesus is the light that has dawned on us.
“For God, who said, "Let light shine out of darkness," has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.” 2 Corinthians 4:6 ESV
We can’t see Jesus completely now, because of our flesh. But one day, in heaven, we’ll meet Him & see His eyes.
“For now we see in a mirror dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I have been fully known.” I Corinthians 3:12 ESV
I’m really looking forward to that day. No more darkness.
How about you?
“For at one time you were darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light.” Ephesians 5:8 ESV
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