Thought 1:
I went to Taco Bell before work on Saturday and I got one of those 5-layer burrito things, theyre really good and theyre only 89 cents! :] anyway. I forgot to say NO SOUR CREAM. I HATE HATE HATE sour cream, if you didn’t know that already. Well, I didn’t want to get out of my car because it was cold and snowing/raining. So I got out a napkin and opened up the burrito and grabbed the chunk of sour cream out and went on my way. As I was eating it, I was hesitant with every bite thinking I was going to bite into nastiness at any minute.. I really do have a point.. stay with me… So I finally get to a point where I taste it.. and maybe it was all just in my head, I don’t know, it’s a possibility. Anyway, it was gross and needless to say, I didn’t finish it. It got me thinking though how Cora loves sour cream and how I despise it. And then it got me thinking… how amazing is the God we serve? He created us all SO different. I mean, in looks and personality and all of that.. but even with the TASTE BUDS on our TONGUES! Think about it. Think about all those tiny and irritating little things we have and how everyone likes different foods. That’s because of our taste buds! I was really just taken a step back by that thought.
Thought 2 (See pictures below):
This time, I was driving home from work.. and the moon was absolutely BEAUTIFUL tonight. I mean, it looked bigger than I could ever imagine… abnormal even to the point I lost my breath. I grabbed my phone and texted my roommates (old and new :] ) and said, LOOK AT THE MOON! I almost hit the car in front of me because I was so distracted. It was bright yellow and BIG, if I haven’t mentioned that already, and you could see the craters and everything in it. Well, that got me thinking… do you realize how much time and thought God put into creating this universe and everything in it?? I mean, to sit there and think, “I think I’m going to put this ‘moon’ in the air by the earth, and you know what? I think I’m going to make the Sun reflect it at a perfect point to light up the entire sky. And you know what else? Why not add beyond billions of speckled bursts of light in the sky as well?” Again, I my breath was just taken away THINKING about our Creator. Just thinking how He times everything so right, and yet, we QUESTION Him??? WHO ARE WE? It is only by HIS grace that we even MATTER! I fully believe He plans everything for a reason. I believe he puts people in our life to get us through the day, to give us hell and problems that we learn and grow from, to comfort and talk to and build us up when we’re low… he strategically has it all planned out. So why must we question? It’s our nature and that SUCKS. I don’t want to question my life and the problems I may have when my problems are nothing compared to what others experience or are going through. Even those problems that are bigger than mine, are nothing compared to others… and so it goes on. I am beyond blessed more than I deserve. I have absolutely NOTHING to complain about. My God will get me through everything. It reminds me of one of my favorite verses in 1 Corinthians:
13No test or temptation that comes your way is beyond the course of what others have had to face. All you need to remember is that God will never let you down; he'll never let you be pushed past your limit; he'll always be there to help you come through it.
God’s not going to put anything in your life that you can’t handle.
That rant was not intended to go in that direction :] The moon just made me realize how God timed creation out so amazingly.. and then that just got me thinking as I was typing.. So yeah.. those are my thoughts.
God is good. What else is there to say?
These verses also popped into my head..
Luke 19:40
(referring to the disciples) "If they keep quiet, the stones would do it for them, shouting praise."
Psalm 97:4-5
4 His lightning lights up the world;
the earth sees and trembles.
5 The mountains melt like wax before the LORD,
before the Lord of all the earth.
