Breathe In Truth.

"For since the creation of the world God's Invisible qualities- his eternal power and divine nature- have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that people are without excuse."-Romans 1:20

Please take a moment...

Breathe it in and let it out the shouts of praises for the truths of God's sovereign love for us His Beloveds, is righteous, true, deep and glorious!

T'is the season! This time last year I was flying into Pennsylvania to spend Christmas and New Years on the East coast while getting ready to begin a new season in my life, in Wyoming and at Solid Rock Outdoor Ministries. 

This year I have been making gifts and reflecting as the processing continues from my time in California. While my heart and mind process my time in big tress working with big hearts I am reminded of Gods wondrous presence.

How could something so huge like a Redwood or Sequoia tree ever come from a tiny seed one of 60 to 100 seeds that come from the tiny cones of these trees? When thinking about this incredible creation. I think of these things relating to our own lives and the simplicity of Gods love, compassion and pursuit for us.

Parable of the Seeds

13Then Jesus said to them, Don't you understand this parable? How then will you understand any parable? 14The farmer sows the word. 15Some people are like seed along the path, where the word is sown. As soon as they hear it, Satan comes and takes away the word that was sown in them. 16Others, like seed sown on rocky places, hear the word at once receive it with joy. 17But since they have no root, they last only a short time. When trouble or persecution comes because of the word, they quickly fall away. 18Still others, like seed sown among thorns, hear the word; 19but the worries of this life, the deceitfulness of wealth and the desires for other things come in and choke the word, making it unfruitful. 20Others, like seed sown in good soil, hear the word, accept it, and produce a crop- some thirty, some sixty, some a hundred times what is sown."- Mark 4:13-20

Seek harder and deeper

We can see ourselves as seeds. We can also see others in our lives as seeds. Or we can see situations or circumstances as seed in our lives or the lives of others. These massive trees have the ability to grow from the tiny seeds in which are spread upon the ground by falling cones. The conditions need to be perfect in order for growth to happen. Things like good soil, sunlight, landscape, weather, space, water source and timing. God has every tree figured out because it is His creation. The succession of a forest is amazingly beautiful filled with life, death and rebirth. A lot like our lives, don't you think?

Some trees have abilities to move and grow to reach toward where the sunlight is. Or they are adaptive to be able to withstand the darker areas of the forest.

Something I find most interesting is that the only way for sequoia trees cones to open and germinate they must be exposed to high heat or fire. Through high heat and trial, we are too brought opportunity and possibility that with out those things we would not have opportunity to grow and be prepared and strengthened through these things.

Exposure is a magnificent thing! Don't you think?

December 8th, 2009 continued the cultivation and planting in my life from Gods relentless pursuit in my life for as long as I can remember. Through fiery trial and rejoicing I have been brought here to Laramie to be rooted even deeper in the great love and call on my life as a Beloved daughter of the most high.

My prayer is that whoever reads this would be able to give themselves opportunity to reflect on the seeds in their lives and how God has not only been cultivating them but also what those seeds of various subject have grown into.

-Keep Adventuring.

 

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Lost in Translation.

There are many things that I tend to take for granted. There are many things that I often think that once the experience has happened, we are all "in the clear" or "on the downhill" of the climb. But the truth is that some experiences open doors to taller mountains and steep walls that God calls us to climb out of. At times perhaps these walls seem so tall that it is easier to stay with in the dark depths. At times we push forward and upward but sometimes it feels easier to settle into darkness and let it override the truths that have been shown and planted. it is at these points when the thing that God created begins to manifest and brings opportunity for His hands to become physical through others in what we call the body of Christ... Community.

It is something we should not fight even for a moment. we are not called to believe a lie that is placed with in us that we can't do anything to help. If this was the case, why would we feel the initial calling to action in the first place? We must allow God to work through us... I am human and I can't change anything or anyone but God can work through me and change the hearts of Kings. To him be the glory, forever and ever.

When I was little I went through the stage in my life where I asked the question "why?" all the time. I'm sure some of you are currently going through this phase with either your own little ones or little ones that are near and dear to you. Curiosity is planted deep within us from the very beginning. We seek answers from the very moment we breathe in the air of this world. Sometimes it is the sweet smell of childhood or the refreshment of forest or mountain air. Sometimes it is stale air that we feel stuck and stuffed into while we continue to seek answers to our "whys".

There is somewhere between childhood and where you now might stand that the "why" has become distorted or lost in translation. Don't stop asking why. But be reminded that that specific question is for Gods answer alone at times. We seek to learn as much as we can. Fast internet connections and Google searches can easily lower our patience in gaining answers for why life is the way that it is. I know many times I have seeked with questions to the wrong sources or  view points only to gain another step into darkness or a torn expectation of what I didn't want to hear.

"In his pride the wicked man does not seek him; in all his thoughts there is no room for God."

- Psalm 10:4

"5They will receive blessing from the Lord and vindication from God their Savior. 6Such is the generation of those who seek him, who seek your face, God of Jacob. 7Lift up your heads, you gates; be lifted up you ancient doors, that the King of glory may come in." 

-Psalm 24:5-7

"And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him." 

-Hebrews 11:6

There are so many questions that we do not have answers to but this doesn't mean we should stop seeking. To just accept what we believe might be false but instead seek God to show us answers with in ourselves, our lives and the lives of others.

"No temptations has overtaken you except what is common to mankind. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can endure it."

-1 Corinthians 10:13

-Keep Seeking.

-Keep Adventuring.