Christ in the Clouds

This weekend, we are celebrating our 28th wedding anniversary! I've been reminiscing about the day we were wed. A few unique things about my wedding that I remember: Ken was so nervous on our wedding day that, even after being reminded by his best man, he left my wedding band at his house, 45 minutes away from the church. By the time he discovered that he forgot it, there wasn't enough time to go back and get it before the wedding. So I had to borrow a friend's wedding band and wear it in place of mine during the ceremony and wait to put the real one on when we got home. At the time, I was quite upset, but now I can look back and laugh.   Ken's brother, who was one of the groomsman, was kind of a quiet and not a very social person. He told Ken that he would drive himself and meet him at the church, instead of getting a ride with him. He also lived 45 minutes away. About 20 minutes before the service was to begin, he still wasn't there. Gladly, ...

Have you ever wondered why (specifically) God made you?   Throughout my life there have been a number of times that that question has crossed my mind.   There were times that I really wondered what God's plan was for my life.         What was He thinking when he made me?                                        What was I born to do? Ultimately, we all have been commanded to do some things:   And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’   The second is this:  ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment  greater than these.”   Mark 12:30-31   “The end of the matter; all has been heard. Fear God and keep his commandments, for this is the whole duty of man.” Ecclesiastes  ...

Welcome to  ...where I share different verses from the Psalms!   May you find truths about God, yourselves, and living life in the images and word pictures shared here!  Psalms 73:21-28 When my heart was grieved and my spirit embittered,   I was senseless   and ignorant; I was a brute beast   before you.   Yet I am always with you; you hold me by my right hand.   You guide   me with your counsel,   and afterward you will take me into glory.   Whom have I in heaven but you?   And earth has nothing I desire besides you.   My flesh and my heart   may fail,   but God is the strength   of my heart and my portion   forever.   Those who are far from you will perish;   you destroy all who are unfaithful   to you.   But as for me, it is good to be near God.   I have made the Sovereign LORD my refuge;   I will tell of all your deeds. May we rememb...

Sorry, this week's post is a little late. Guess you could say I have felt challenged lately. (Don't you just love it when that happens? Sometimes, God has to come up with unique ways to get our attention, I think.)  It first started with an inner voice (not literally a voice, but the Holy Spirit's prompting), telling me that I've got to make some changes.  source Then, the speaker at a Bible Study I attended recently talked about taking a self-evaluation and making changes/getting rid of old habits that are hindering your spiritual life. The verses that the speaker used were... "We know that the law is spiritual; but I am unspiritual, sold as a slave to sin.  I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do I do not do, but what I hate I do."  "And if I do what I do not want to do, I agree that the law is good. As it is, it is no longer I myself who do it, but it is sin living in me.For I know that good itself does not dwell in me, that is,...

(source) Another year has begun and I find myself reading many posts of other bloggers who have chosen different ways to prepare their hearts for the new year. Some used the same old plan..choose a word...set goals...plan to make certain changes. Others have been quite unique and different. I personally have found it a challenge to do any specific planning or goal-setting. I think that may have to do with how things went for me in 2014. Nothing seemed to go as hoped or planned. Even the word I chose for the year, "fervent" seemed to fade from my focus about halfway through the year. If I learned anything last year, it was that God is in control and He will take us where He wants to take us. I learned that prayer is vital, but not to just get what I want or ask for, but more to help me grow in my relationship with Him. I learned that life is really a journey and as long as we let the Lord be our Navigator, we will be o.k., even along the bumpy, curved, chuck-hole paths. I ...