Shine Again: April 2014

Monday, April 28, 2014

Spring

It has been a long, snowy winter and spring is a welcomed sight. It seems as though the trees and gardens are even delayed in waking up from their long winter's nap.

After the summer drought in 2012 I dug up all of my flower beds, tried to rebuild the soil, and gave them a rest. I am looking forward to getting back to rebuilding them and enjoying one of my favorite hobbies.

"...continue to work out your salvation with fear and trembling for it is God who works in you to will and to act according to his good purpose. Do everything without complain- ing or arguing, so that you may become blameless and pure, children of God without fault in a crooked and depraved generation, in which you shine like stars in the universe as you hold out the word of life—in order that I may boast on the day of Christ that I did not run or labor for nothing...." Philippians 2:12b-16

I often want to be the one to do big things for God. This verse reminds me that it is in doing the small things well and without complaining that I can be most useful to Him. So when I'm taking care of the sick and sweeping up the floor again and just got sauce on my only white shirt and somehow managed to drop a box of crayons down the dryer vent and my friend is hurting and my child is frustrated with school and I really don't feel like I can answer one more question.... I remember that this is my time to SHINE AGAIN.