I locked myself out of the restroom tonight. This is what God taught me.

Sometimes in life, a great opportunity comes to the door. Us, being the impatient baboons that we are, generally become overwhelmed with excitement to the point of going ahead and attempting to see what is on the other side! Only, we notice that the door is locked.

Out eagerness overwhelms us as we search for anything and everything in order to get that darn door open! We use bobby pins, screws, hammers... forcefully trying to get to what's on the other side. At times, our yearning for what is on the other side blinds us from seeing how much damage we have created. Almost to the point of no return, really. All the while, there's God, patiently waiting off to the side for us to finally let Him have a go.

We curse the situation and Him, even, for locking the door in the first place. We become so overcome with the situation that we forget that He has the key we need in order to get to the other side! After what seems like ages of stubbornness resulting in a bigger mess than before, we finally give in. We finally let God take control. He looks at that mess, smiles, and dusts it all off. He takes every piece that had been broken in our attempts for happiness and fulfillment, and replaces them with all things new. Complete restoration, just like that.


Now, He might not open that door for you right away, but please friends, be patient. He knows when the time is right. And trust me! Those tears, the mess, the wait; it'll all be worth it in the end.

God and The Giant Water Balloon

First off: This  post wasn't intended for my Blogger. It was just something I shared over on my Tumblr sort of spur of the moment. I didn't proof read, and I sure as heck didn't make any sense! Haha. Just thought I'd give you all a heads up.

Waking up this morning felt great. I felt like God was going to do something spectacular, and oh, He did!

After officially waking up, I grabbed my phone and went to YouVersion (best Bible App in the world!!! Go get it NOW!) and read a few of my bible reading plans. I continued on scrolling down the long list I had and pretty much deleted all but 2. Now, I have been saved for about 6 years now and have yet to read the entire Bible. I know, my stoning will be held after the completion of this post. I decided I was finally going to go for it. The big bang!! Read the entire Bible……scary, I know…. I found a Chronological reading plan and lo and behold, Genesis was up first!

Now, I’ve remembered the first 10 verses of Genesis 1 because I chose them back at Masters Commission for one of my scripture memory tests. I always get big headed about me finally being able to remember something other than my name, and pretty much just quote it in a robotic way when ever I’m faced with the self-brought challenge to read them. When I started doing this very thing, I stopped dead in my tracks.

I need to take this in. I need to truly listen and take heart. I’m not doing it just to pass a test, but to learn about my God and His wonderful ways.
I took a deep breathe and started over. I stopped around this very passage:

“And God said, “Let there be an expanse between the waters to separate water from water.” So God made the expanse and separated the water under the expanse from the water above it. And it was so. God called the expanse “sky.” And there was evening, and there was morning—the second day.”
Genesis 1:6-8

I don’t know about you, but this completely blows my mind! I never understood it until a friend of mine back at Master’s took the time to explain His workmanship to me. You see, back in Noah’s day, ever since the beginning of time, The earth was pretty much a bubble boy. There was the earth in the center, and in the outskirts was an inside out bag full of water. Separating the two? Sky. Yeah, a massive, “What the heck?!?!!” is pretty much needed right about now.

I mean, I don’t know much more, but most scientist and scholars agree that this was an actual occurrence. After all, have you ever wondered where all that water during Noah’s 40 day flood came from? Yup, God got so mad at the human race that He decided to pop the giant inside out water balloon. Score 1 billion for Jesus!

It amazes me that God even thought of this. It amazes me that there was ever such thing as a bubble earth! This is just one little insight to His creativeness that He has allowed us to see. Wow. I stand in awe of You, God. Teach me more.I'm excited to dissect God's word! It might take me a while to truly get it, but I know that along the way, I will finally get to know more about this man I call my Savior. <3 Let's do this.