So this is a fun picture. I was in the ultrasound room and I thought it was a joke as well. I could almost hear God chuckle as I saw our carefully laid plans crumble and His wonderful, perfect, incredibly unexpected bordering on impossible plan be revealed. At our gathering on Sunday Night we were discussing the crossing of the Red Sea by the Israelites as they left Egypt. The discussion revolved around how sometimes in life you can be doing everything you are supposed to and you still get caught between a rock and a hard place. Or in this case between a huge army and an ocean. Israel showed great faith and trust in leaving all that they knew in Egypt. They were listening and doing what they were supposed to. So I understand their reaction when Egypt's army comes to destroy them and they don't see any way out. I always get caught up in seeing the world from the wrong perspective and it messes with my faith. When all I can see is an enemy in front of me and a wall behind me I begin to question. But then the unbelievable happens, God literally creates a path through the ocean. Impassable barriers are only impassable when looked at from a human perspective. God looks at impassable barriers and sees only opportunity for His Name to be praised throughout the nations. So the entire nation of Israel walks through an ocean on dry ground. They get through and turn to see God let the waters return and destroy the army of Egypt. What must it have been like to stand on the shoreline and attempt to understand what just happened? How many of the Israelites stared in awe at how God again rescued them from a hopeless situation. I have found in life that when I get to the far shore I learn so much by looking back at the hopeless moments. But how do I get to a point where I can be in a seemingly impossible situation and remain faithful? I am thankful for the moments looking back from the far shore, reflecting on what God has just brought me through. Maybe in the midst of trials it is possible to look on as if from the far shore. Knowing that God will bring my family through all our hard times is a way to build faith during the trial as opposed to after it. So right now while in between a rock and a hard place I choose to believe the far shore is waiting and that God will lead us there.
Thursday, May 27, 2010
Number 3
So this is a fun picture. I was in the ultrasound room and I thought it was a joke as well. I could almost hear God chuckle as I saw our carefully laid plans crumble and His wonderful, perfect, incredibly unexpected bordering on impossible plan be revealed. At our gathering on Sunday Night we were discussing the crossing of the Red Sea by the Israelites as they left Egypt. The discussion revolved around how sometimes in life you can be doing everything you are supposed to and you still get caught between a rock and a hard place. Or in this case between a huge army and an ocean. Israel showed great faith and trust in leaving all that they knew in Egypt. They were listening and doing what they were supposed to. So I understand their reaction when Egypt's army comes to destroy them and they don't see any way out. I always get caught up in seeing the world from the wrong perspective and it messes with my faith. When all I can see is an enemy in front of me and a wall behind me I begin to question. But then the unbelievable happens, God literally creates a path through the ocean. Impassable barriers are only impassable when looked at from a human perspective. God looks at impassable barriers and sees only opportunity for His Name to be praised throughout the nations. So the entire nation of Israel walks through an ocean on dry ground. They get through and turn to see God let the waters return and destroy the army of Egypt. What must it have been like to stand on the shoreline and attempt to understand what just happened? How many of the Israelites stared in awe at how God again rescued them from a hopeless situation. I have found in life that when I get to the far shore I learn so much by looking back at the hopeless moments. But how do I get to a point where I can be in a seemingly impossible situation and remain faithful? I am thankful for the moments looking back from the far shore, reflecting on what God has just brought me through. Maybe in the midst of trials it is possible to look on as if from the far shore. Knowing that God will bring my family through all our hard times is a way to build faith during the trial as opposed to after it. So right now while in between a rock and a hard place I choose to believe the far shore is waiting and that God will lead us there.
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