Restore

Read something cool yesterday. Hope it will be a blessing to someone who might be facing some tough times. 

When life caves in, you do not need reasons, you need comfort. You do not need some answers, you need Someone. Jesus often does not come with an explanation, he comes to us with His presence. We are always seeking the reason. We want to know why. Like Job, we finally want God to just tell us WHAT IS GOING ON? But God does not reveal His plan, he reveals Himself. He comes to us as warmth when we are cold, fellowship when we are alone, strength when we are weak, peace when we are troubled, courage when we are afraid, songs when we are sad and bread when we are hungry. 

He is with us on our journeys. He is there when we are home. He sits with us at our table. He knows about funerals and weddings, commencements and hospitals, jails and unemployment, labor and laughter, rest and tears. He knows because He is with us. He comes to us again and again. - Bob Benson -

The Painting On Your Wall

Chances are if you are a parent and if your little child passes you a drawing that he did as a gift to you, you'd most likely keep it for a very long time even though you know it's not exactly the best drawing in the neighbourhood. Why? Because the value is not so much in the gift itself but the person who gave the gift. Just read a really cool story from Rob Bell's book. He said that at the tender age of 5, he once made a Christmas present for his dad out of a piece of black and green drainpipe glued to a flat gray rock with little white stones resting on the inside of it. 30 years later when he went to his dad's office, it was still there resting on one of his shelves. He still had it and had never gotten rid of it. Then came the lightbulb moment for me...he said "How you treat creation reflects how you feel about the creator" When a human being is mistreated, objectified or neglected, when they are treated as less than human, these actions are against God. Because how you treat creation reflects how you feel about the CREATOR. Perhaps some food for thought for us huh?