Christ in the Clouds

Last week we had our first snowfall ! I am not a fan of the stuff! But, ready or not, it's here! After it stopped, though, the sun came out and the snow glistened on top of the fallen leaves. It wa s SO pretty! We just had a light layer, and by noon it was all melted. The lake was clear and sparkled, as it met the shoreline. Yellow leaves were salted with snow. Icicles formed streaks of frozen rays on the patio. A lonesome leaf is surrounded b y our first powder. The warmth of the sun soon melted the snow below. Less than a week later we we re bombarded by rain, wind, hail, and TORNADOES! Sunday morning: We debated whether or not to go to church. The  weather was predicted to get nasty sometime in the afternoon.The sky was gray and nasty-looking. We went....only to have such a downpour of hail, mid-service, that we were sure the roof would collapse. Pastor cut his sermon short, so we could get home, if things got worse. At home, the wind picked up drastically.....

Most of us are familiar with the t.v. ad that quoted, "A mind is a t errible thing to waste." It is one of the most memorable slogans in higher education. Our minds are pretty amazing. Here are just a few interesting facts about the brain and how we think.   God created us with so much potential with the detail and abilities we are given to use our brains to think. We have the ability to use our brains to produce good in life. We also can let our brains effect us and others in bad ways. We can love or hate with our minds. We can find joy or live in complete depression. These abilities are very powerful...sometimes the chemicals our bodies produce even affects our minds. What we allow our minds take in is al so extremely vital . I've been reading books and Scripture about how important it is to keep our minds steadfast on the Lord. I am learning that we need to continually seek to have the mind of Christ in order to live for Him...but first we...

This week, I have been thinking a bout the approaching Thanksgiving season. This is a time when most of u s think more deeply about  what we are thank ful for in our lives. Since I've been listing my gifts from God every week for the past 2 years(last Friday wa s my blog i versary), this is nothing new for me . So, I decided t o reminisce about some things I have been the most thankfu l for over the years and also share one of the things I'm most grateful for....my salvation. A song I recently heard by Chris Tomlin especially brings this to my mind. You could say my conversion story isn't anything earth-shatter ing or out of the ordinary. But to me , it was miraculous, because it would have been easy for me to coast on the coatt ails of my parent's beliefs. I grew up in a very con servative Christian home. During my younger years, our family attended the lo cal Christian c ollege church, which was Mennonit e ( It was not the Amish Mennonite s, who live in su...

This Friday marks two years of blogging , for me. I was pretty clueless and beyond nervous back the n ! T he day I wrote my very first post , here at "C hrist in the Clouds" , this is what I wrote... My First Post   ( Tuesday, November 8, 2011) "There are several reasons I decided to start a blog. First and foremost I like writing, especially about how God is working in my life. I also love to read. I've been reading and following other bloggers for a while and decided it would be fun to be a part of that community.  I have read how others have been encouraged and built friendships from all over the world through blogging. I also know that I have more recently had more time on my hands and God has been working in my heart to do this. I held off doing it, more out of not knowing how to get it started or what I would even write about, than anything else. I also know that I’m not a professional writer and would hate to bore anyone who would read wha...