Joyful Transformation

I was thinking about this picture and how many things in this view are in my power to control. We are actually thinking about cutting down that tree, it is obscuring more and more of our view of the lake. But for the most part God controls what you see here. The neat thing is the steam coming off of the water and the sun reflecting off of the trees. Breathtaking. Maybe we should just have a "blogger retreat" on my deck...what do you think?

But back to the control thing; how much time and energy do we spend worrying or working to change or enhance something that was a gift from God in the first place. I can never make my legs longer or my hips smaller (in proportion to everything else). Even our sense of pride gets caught up in things that we did nothing to have. I can keep my mind sharp, but the fact that I think at all is a gift from God. I need to retrain my thinking to be thankful for the things that I have been blessed with, and when looking at the long legs or awesome arms in others, realize that just like this beautiful lake, it is God's painting, and something I should admire and not something I should be jealous over. If I count my blessings I may discover I don't really have room for anymore!

"For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways," declares the LORD. "As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts. (NIV) Isaiah 55:8-9

# posted by Donna G : 10/13/2006 09:02:00 AM