The Simple Life

On my way back to the house, I got the sweet opportunity to fly! This may sound ordinary or even corny to some, but to me this is a HUGE blessing. I love getting to sit by the window, so I can see the awe inspiring structure of the the earth that God spoke into existence. I got to fly over the Appellation Mountains and I started yearning to go and spend some much needed time in those mountains. Alone with the trees, rocks, and rivers......and God. I can’t help to to thank the LORD for the evidence of His Existence that he has provided us with. The thought of reading about our lands being created sticks to the front of my mind, acknowledging how powerful creation was and how powerful God is. My challenge to you is to give God some credit. Let Him know personally that you are thankful, thankful for the land He has given us, our homes that we live in, the meals we eat. It’s so easy to not give God the glory for those simple things, because they are so simple in our minds. I would ask of you to go stand on your roof or something and grasp how the earth is “simple”.....good luck. A plane ride is a majestic thing, all the way from the beautiful view to the prayer provoking turbulence :).
Go with God,
Chase

set-the-sights

On my road trip of 1900 miles to Massachusetts , I realized something.......Why am I here? What's my purpose on this earth? (22 hrs of riding in a truck with your dad with a bag of pears for grub will get you questioning things like this) Last Weds I was at one of the kids houses in the youth group I've been hanging out with, and we were discussing our purpose on earth according to God. Well, we read Psalm 8.....a familar pslam to some, we read this and we were enlightened to a brand new level.

Pslam 8
O LORD, our LORD, how majestic is your name in all the earth! You have set your glory above the heavens. From the lips of children and infants you have ordained praise because of your enemies, to silence the foe and the avenger. When I consider your heavens, the work in your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place, what is man that you are mindful of him, the son of man that you care for him? You made him a little lower than the heavenly beings and crowned him with glory and honor. You made him ruler over the works of your hands; you put everything under his feet: all flocks and herds and the beasts of the field, the birds of the air and the fish of the sea, all that swim the paths of the seas. O LORD, our LORD how majestic is your name in all the earth!

This is the NIV, sorry if you dislike the version. But thats not the point of this blog, the point is to open our eyes to the glory and grace that God has given us! I beg that you will meditate on this psalm and let it speak to your heart. Put everything down and set-the-sights to God, listen to Him telling you that he loves you, listen to him tell you that he was, is, and will always be here for us......arms wide open........just like a true father......

O LORD, Our Lord How majestic is your name in all the earth!

peace,
chase