Deliquescent

I discovered a brilliant word this morning.
deliquesce (intr. v) 
a. To melt away
b. To disappear as if by melting

Then I discovered this quote from inasentence.org:
We are fleeting shadows; we deliquesce like ice; and there is only time, in the narrow span of hours between birth and death, to stand, to walk — to fly.

I quite like that random quote. I like the imagery and contrast and the use of semi-colons, but most of all I appreciate the embedded truth: we are indeed fleeting shadows. After all, what does the Bible say?

"All flesh is grass,
And all its loveliness is like the flower of the field.
The grass withers, the flower fades,
Because the breath of the Lord blows upon it;
Surely the people are grass.
The grass withers, the flower fades,
But the word of our God stands forever." Isaiah 40:7-8

"Whereas you do not know what will happen tomorrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapour that appears for a little time and then vanishes away. Instead you ought to say, 'If the Lord wills, we shall live and do this or that.'" James 4:14

"When, with rebukes, You correct man for iniquity,
You make his beauty melt away like a moth;
Surely every man is vapour. Selah." Psalm 39:11

"We all fade as a leaf,
And our iniquities, like the wind,
Have taken us away." Isaiah 64:6 (My sister told me about this verse! She is ~and I quote~ esurient for new vocabulary! Aye, me too ;)

"deliquesce" ~ A striking word indeed! (quoting my sister once again)

Yours Sincerely

So excited to do some more letter writing in the next two weeks! It is such a joyful activity!! :) Trying squeeze in a bit of writing here and there in between essays. 

Until the Dawning of that Day

2 Peter 1:16-21

The Trustworthy Prophetic Word

16 For we did not follow cunningly devised fables when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were eyewitnesses of His majesty.

17 For He received from God the Father honor and glory when such a voice came to Him from the Excellent Glory: “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.”

18 And we heard this voice which came from heaven when we were with Him on the holy mountain.

19 And so we have the prophetic word confirmed, which you do well to heed as a light that shines in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts;

20 knowing this first, that no prophecy of Scripture is of any private interpretation,

21 for prophecy never came by the will of man, but holy men of God spoke as they were moved by the Holy Spirit.

Spent time reflecting on this passage today. We do not follow cunningly devised fables. Jesus Christ is Lord and the ultimate fulfilment of Old Testament prophecies.
This is the Word of God.

Love this worship song called 'Thanksgiving'. Playing it now on guitar (softly! everyone's asleep!). 

Verse 3 below:

Thank you Lord for giving us hope and grace


And thank you Lord that we shall see your face


And so we know


That your promises are sure


So help us see things your way


Until the dawning of that day.

And yes we know


That your promises are sure


So help us see things your way


Until the dawning of that day.

Thanksgiving ~ © 1988 Rob Smith

Drawing cars and changing nappies

We've all seen Cars over a dozen times in the last two weeks! Love my little bro!

"Let the little children come to Me, and do not forbid them; for such is the kingdom of God." Mark 10:14b

Fiery Storm

Storm + sunset.
Perhaps even cooler than the red moon? Thanks, bro!

My sky tonight. 

The Discipline of Contentment

So blessed and thankful for the way God has been speaking into my life and the lives of my sisters in Christ through the work of various Christian authors. Yesterday we read about cultivating contentment in Christ (Barbara Hughes Disciplines of a Godly Woman) and it really, truly spoke to our hearts! WOW.
We got to discuss some of the ways we can build Christ-centred contentment ~ through prayer, trusting God's will, rejoicing in Christ always, recognising our unique value in Christ and how we can use our gifts to serve, having confidence to approach God through the blood of Christ, and letting God change our priorities to be more gospel-focused.

Afterwards, it was a beautiful blessing to go to a prayer meeting with such an unexpectedly massive attendance! :))))

This song has been playing in my head all morning. It's one from my childhood. ;)

We have the words of eternal life
We have been made to live again
We have the words of eternal life
How could we ever keep them in?
So won't you – go tell the world that Jesus is Lord
And that He died for all our sin
And that He's promised to come back again
So we might live forever with Him!

"Happy are the people whose God is the Lord!" Psalm 144:15b

So very thankful!

Letting God write your story...pt 2

So. Completely. Mindblown. Just came across this paragraph in Cindi McMenamin's When God Sees Your Tears: 

"As women, it's easy for us to get lost in the drama of us and miss the real, life-changing story—the story God is weaving in our lives about Himself and what He can do when we give our tears to Him. Through the pages of this book I want to encourage you to trust Him with your story…a story that is perhaps in the conflict stage or at the crisis point. Yet God is working toward a concluding chapter that I am convinced will astonish you, even though at this point it may seem to you as if it's hardly possible. I'm convinced that when we give our stories to God from beginning to end, tears and all, He takes our longing—and our losses—and turns them into a legacy." ~Cindi McMenamin

I just bought the book this afternoon ~ God knew this what exactly what I needed to hear! Been learning so much and praying so much about totally trusting God and letting Him write my story over the last month. Just…wow. All glory to God!

"O Lord, You have searched me and known me. You know my sitting down and my rising up; You understand my thought afar off…Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; It is high, I cannot attain it." Psalm 139:1, 2, 6

Love You, Jesus!

A Page of Petals and Thunder

This is a a week-old photo. Every time I look at it I recall tattered paperback books, soft laughter, pink petals, white light and a freak storm through stained-glass. Pleasant memories.

In the Heights

This is actually the top of a waterfall!!

Up in the canopy ~ a rainforest lookout!

I've never really been the hiker but I went to great heights to take these shots ;)

Love seeing God's creation from above! So incredible. (Just don't fall!!)