Have you ever met someone that you connected with so naturally, someone that you enjoy time spent together every single time your together, a friend that you wish you'd met ten, twenty, thirty years ago because they've made such a positive impact on your life?
It may sound a bit too cheddar for you, but that's exactly what it feels like to encounter and have a relationship with Jesus. I think that's why people want others to know about Him. They don't want you to miss out on such a perfect relationship. Otherwise you look back and regret that you didn't know Him sooner. He could have helped change the way you experienced every hardship, every bump in the road, every seemingly frustrating experience would have had peace and purpose attached to it. Unfortunately, Christians make the huge mistake of pointing people to themselves and their flawed lives, rather than the one that changed them. Others just claim to be Christians and live a life no different from the one they lived before they met Jesus. Non-christians may also look to the lives and behavior of believers in order to decide if its a real story of faith or not. Sadly, Christians are usually the ones living out hypocrisy like so many in the world.
It's Jesus' life you should be learning before you determine its validity. It's the Bible you should read for yourself to determine if its truth or not. It's God's perfect love you should seek to understand before giving your final judgement on what's real and what's fabricated. Until you can openly and honestly seek to know whether the Creator of this world was one true God or some other coincidental, accidental, or other created being, open your heart and mind to knowing if relative truth even exists. But first, you'll have to be open to the Holy Spirit, which is a whole soul concept too difficult for too many to swallow. Without a spirit, we are just skin and bones. Without the Holy Spirit, we can't comprehend spiritual truths. Without seeking to discover truth for ourselves, we are left believing whatever we've been taught that suits our comfortable existence. And without Jesus, we miss out on the best relationship we'll ever have.
I'm thankful for sweet relationships on Earth, which help us see why we were created to be in a relationship with God from the start.
These boys are forming a sweet relationship I hope lasts a lifetime...
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| Warm weather in Feb. means finally hanging outdoor picnic lights! |
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| And ice cream! |
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| Show me your sugar face! |
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| Couldn't be happier this boy kept down some ice cream! |
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| And this boy loves sugar a little too much! |
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| Where's baby #4 going to sit!? |
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| Loved getting dirty with my dirty boys and showing them how to "remove and replant flowers." |
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| I'm constantly asked if these two are twins now. |
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| Some days I think they are. |
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| How is he quickly exiting the preschool clothing section!? |
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| They all used to look like this! |
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| Officially a "mini-van mom!" Thank the Lord for always providing what we need when we need it! |
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| And thanks to Aunt Nicole for giving us the nice room at the new Omni at the Braves stadium. |
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| 24 hours away from the boys for the first time in 3 years, I could have stayed anywhere and felt pampered. |
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| Thank you to Shelby for giving her time so we could relax and reconnect. |
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| It was an Atlanta staycation that made us appreciate coming home to our boys. |
We are headed to GI doc tomorrow for our official weigh-in and conference. This mama had to let go of all control of what little Levi ate over the weekend while we were away from him. It was a healthy departure from the norm, and a huge blessing for everyone. No matter what, there's a sweet peace in God's perfect plan for our lives.
~Perfect Buster
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