God's Glory
Yesterday I was reading a book that a friend sent me awhile back titled "Seeing and Savoring Jesus Christ." As I read through the first chapter and the scripture that was listed throughout the chapter I realized all over again how awesome our God is. "The heavens declare the glory of God" (Psalm 19:1). We are often confused by the insignificance of man compared to the vastness of the universe when we really just need to remember that it is created for God's glory. "God's glory...The universe was made to show it, and we were made to see it and savor it."
At the end of the chapter was written a prayer, and in that prayer was this sentence: "Help our unbelief. Forgive the wandering of our affections and the undue attention we give to lesser things." Wow! That really hit home to me and made me realize just how often I place even the smallest of things before God within my day. How much does that hurt Him? How much does He long to have time with me when I just push Him aside for such simple things as washing dishes or folding laundry? This is my Savior, my God, I need to place Him above ALL things and ALWAYS give Him glory...if anyone deserves glory it is undoubtedly the God of Heaven...the One and Only true God.
I also stopped to consider what an amazing blessing I have from God... Madelynn. A person takes for granted so much until their eyes are opened and then BOOM it hits you. What made me stop to remember all over again, what a true blessing I have, is the present situation that my cousin and her husband are going through. They found out not long ago that they were pregnant with twins - that enough is a shocker for your first child(ren). Not too much after that they discovered some problems with the identical twin boys. I won't go into all the details, but a few days ago one of the boys, Jonathan David, passed away after a surgical procedure. God knew this would happen, it was in His plan, but it is still hard to have a life that is lost before it is even born into this world. That is the fear of every mother (unless they're so screwed up they don't want the child - I really better not get into that because abortion really torks me off) losing a child that is still developing inside of you. You long to hold that child, to know what he/she looks like, to see the first smile, to touch the tiny hands and toes...there is nothing like the love for a child. My heart completely aches for my cousin, but I know she is trusting God to keep her Joseph Edward safe and healthy for at least 10 more weeks. God knows best...His best is not always what we want or understand, but He has a purpose that is shown to us when He wants us to know.
At the end of the chapter was written a prayer, and in that prayer was this sentence: "Help our unbelief. Forgive the wandering of our affections and the undue attention we give to lesser things." Wow! That really hit home to me and made me realize just how often I place even the smallest of things before God within my day. How much does that hurt Him? How much does He long to have time with me when I just push Him aside for such simple things as washing dishes or folding laundry? This is my Savior, my God, I need to place Him above ALL things and ALWAYS give Him glory...if anyone deserves glory it is undoubtedly the God of Heaven...the One and Only true God.
I also stopped to consider what an amazing blessing I have from God... Madelynn. A person takes for granted so much until their eyes are opened and then BOOM it hits you. What made me stop to remember all over again, what a true blessing I have, is the present situation that my cousin and her husband are going through. They found out not long ago that they were pregnant with twins - that enough is a shocker for your first child(ren). Not too much after that they discovered some problems with the identical twin boys. I won't go into all the details, but a few days ago one of the boys, Jonathan David, passed away after a surgical procedure. God knew this would happen, it was in His plan, but it is still hard to have a life that is lost before it is even born into this world. That is the fear of every mother (unless they're so screwed up they don't want the child - I really better not get into that because abortion really torks me off) losing a child that is still developing inside of you. You long to hold that child, to know what he/she looks like, to see the first smile, to touch the tiny hands and toes...there is nothing like the love for a child. My heart completely aches for my cousin, but I know she is trusting God to keep her Joseph Edward safe and healthy for at least 10 more weeks. God knows best...His best is not always what we want or understand, but He has a purpose that is shown to us when He wants us to know.
posted by Kasee (Jenson) Bogle at
9:16 AM
2 Comments:
help our unbelief... that can really hit home for me too. i can't even begin to count how many times (already!) this semester i have felt overwhelmed by school and many more things in life. i start to believe that there's no way i can get through these next months ahead. there r times when i know i push aside God... the Only One Who can do ANYTHING for me. by HIM, i can conquer anything, and with HIM, i can trust that He has a plan in how He provides and leads.
Our "unbelief", I believe, robs us of so many blessings and at most the peace that God wants us to have and the joy that comes in resting in His hands. Do we really believe God forgot about us or doesn't have a plan for our life? He created us and we are alive simply for His glory. What a convicting thought. I will make that my prayer even today ~jnr
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