Enough

Kaedyn was reading the story to me where a small boy willingly gave Jesus all that he had, two fish and five loaves could not feed five thousand men. Jesus accepted it joyfully.

Jesus looked up to heaven and blessed it, broke it, and gave it to the disciples to hand out. Jesus performed the miracle of enough...and twelve baskets of more than enough..

Jesus takes what seems not quite good enough and works miracles that I cannot imagine. It is not up to me to make things work; it is up to Him. When I admit that I'm less than enough, then He has an opportunity to be more than enough. Isn't it interesting that as He broke the bread, it multiplied.

I need to remember that sometimes when things seem to be breaking, that is because Jesus wants me to see that He is more than enough for every need.

Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver. And God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that ye, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work

2 Corinthians 9:7-8

Reaches to the Sky

When I was a child, I used to wish I could fly like a bird and touch the clouds, or get close enough to touch a rainbow. 

Your love, LORD, reaches to the heavens, your faithfulness to the skies.

Psalm 36:5

Matchless Grace

I remember the choir in our small church when I was growing up. I think I can still name everybody in it because they were neighbors and kinfolk. It seems to me that they often sang this song for the special just before the sermon. 
I liked it then, but now I appreciate the truth of it more: 
What Jesus did for me is sufficient for all my needs,
 His mercy is greater than my sin, 
and His grace is deeper than the deepest sea.

                            Micah 7:19
                               You will cast all our sins into the depths of the sea.

Wonderful the matchless grace of Jesus, 

Deeper than the mighty rolling sea, 

Higher than the mountain, 

Sparkling like a fountain, 

All sufficient grace for even me, 

Broader than the scope of my transgressions, 

Greater far than all my sin and shame, 

O magnify the precious name of Jesus, 

Praise His name!

Haldor Lillenas

The Promise I Never Keep!

I tell you what, 

when summer gets here, 

you won't hear me complaining about the heat!

Every Cloud has a Gold Lining?

We had these big dark thunderclouds pop up this evening, but there was the prettiest golden sunset behind them.

Less than three weeks now until the solar eclipse!