Faith In Plain Sight

Finding a measure of faith in the everyday.



Beautiful Day!

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I woke this morning with a song and a promise in my head. Did you?

 

This is one of my very favorite verses:

“For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.”

–Jeremiah 29:11

  Aren’t you glad that He already has a plan?  All we have to do is listen for His still small voice as He guides us along the path we are meant to follow!  If you sit back and take the time to really mull that over it takes the everyday stress and guesswork about what comes next and it tucks it away in a back corner box, unneeded.

My front yard!

My front yard!

This is my view.  The leaves are starting the change.  Sun is shining.  It’s a beautiful day!  Even though I tried to start my coffee pot with no water in it just before I sat down to write this post, it is a beautiful day!  Sometimes you just have to laugh at yourself and say you’re going to get some more sleep tonight.  😉

This is the day the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it.

Psalms 118:24

Here is the song that got me started this morning!  I hope you enjoy it!  I am off to wake up a little bit with that pot of coffee and join my church family to get my worship on.  What do your Sunday mornings look like?  Sunday paper?  Church?  Sleeping in?  Whatever it is you do this morning, rejoice in it!  Many blessings.

Jamie Grace: It’s A Beautiful Day

 

Today I am linking up over at the at The Weekend Brew.  So, head over there and see what everyone is up to and maybe find some encouragement to push you through the coming week!

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Godspeed,

Mollie  <3

Just Say Jesus

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Tonight has been a rough night in my house.  I discovered that the freezer door had been blocked from closing all the way, but not enough to be noticed. It had been cracked open for just long enough to thaw everything on the door. Everything on the outside of most of the shelves and for some reason the entire middle shelf, which held my ice cream reserve….. I mean really? I don’t even have ice cream to absorb my feelings about this. I can’t help but laugh as I am in the middle of typing that last sentence.  Bet you can guess what I’ve been doing the last couple hours.  Yep, that’s right.  Cooking the salvageable freezer items.  I have cooked sausage patties, bourbon street chicken, hash brown patties, and tuscan beans so far.  I still have whole new potatoes, and two pizza dough balls to cook.  I threw out an entire kitchen trash can full of stuff that was just mush.  It could have been worse.  The shelf with all the meat on it could have thawed out and I could be up cooking all night.  Of course during all this my kids were bugging me every 10 seconds or so to the point where I feel like my head is really going to explode at any second.  If you walk into my house tonight I will most likely paint you a picture of a stark raving lunatic.  Good thing no one stopped by!

Now, on the bright side, I won a signed copy of a book at a twitter party earlier tonight.  FYI:  You cannot send a message to someone who does not follow you on twitter, even though anyone you follow can send you a message.  I may never get the book, because I’m supposed to message the author, who does not follow me, with my info, but I won.  LOL.  Ooo, just got the whole book deal figured out!

In the midst of the chaos, God planted a song in my head, as He often does.  I thought I would share it with you tonight!

 

Just Say Jesus

By: 7eventh Time Down

Life gets tough and times get hard
And it’s hard to find the truth in all the lies
If you’re tired of wondering why you’re heart isn’t healing
And nothing feels like home cause you’re lost and alone
Just screaming at the sky

When you don’t know what to say
Just say Jesus
There is power in the name
The name of Jesus
If the words won’t come cause you’re too afraid to pray
Just say Jesus

Whisper it now, or shout it out
However it comes out, He hears your cry
Out of nowhere He will come
You gotta believe it
He will rescue you
Just call out to the way, the truth, the life

When you don’t know what to say
Just say Jesus
There is power in the name
The name of Jesus
If the words won’t come cause you’re too afraid to pray
There is just one name, strong enough to save
There is just one name
There is just one name
Jesus

When you don’t know what to say
Just say Jesus
There’s still power in the name
The name of Jesus
If the words won’t come cause you’re too afraid to pray
If the words won’t come and you don’t know what to say
Just say Jesus

Tomorrow is a new day and I’ll probably have to take the kids for ice cream to make up for the “moment” I had tonight.  (Moms’ Night Out reference in case you didn’t catch it!  If you haven’t seen it, I highly recommend finding your closest Redbox and renting it now!!!)  Hey, at least I won’t have to cook dinner tomorrow and now the freezer is cleaned out too!  🙂

Godspeed,

Mollie  <3

Face to face, oh how I long to be….

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Today I am overwhelmed as I think back to the Garden of Eden.  To Adam and Eve being the only humans to ever walk side by side with God in physical form. They could reach out and touch Him, talk to Him and hear an audible voice in response. They had the privilege to come face to face with Him.  They had a relationship with Him like we have with one another.  I am in awe of that relationship they got to have with God.  Maybe even a little bit jealous of them.
Take a moment and think about what it must have been like to have a physical tangible relationship with God. Are you crying yet? No? Think on it a little harder. Imagine reaching out and touching the maker of all creation.  To actually lay your hand in His.  Talking to Him and hearing His voice.  Standing face to face with Him.
I don’t know about you, but just the thought of it sends tears cascading down my face.  You and I can’t go back to those early days in the Garden and walk with Him, but we will walk with Him one day.

I leave you with this song, that in part captures the absolute awe that the thought of being that close to Him inspires.

 

 

Sometimes I like to think God still has the Garden of Eden hidden away in some remote part of the world waiting for the day His children will return to it and walk with Him in relationship like He planned all along.  I can only imagine…

 

Godspeed,

Mollie <3