in the meantime

"it's a far, far better rest that i go to than i have ever known"
-charles dickens

and until then, we pray for "the word of the Lord to have free course & be glorified"
-2 thessalonians 3:1

correction

re: the wednesday post, the hideously huge cake was actually constructed for a renewal of vows ceremony, & not a wedding. even better!

speaking of things marital, i love the wedding dress song by derek webb. especially these lines... they remind me of my sin of coming to Christ as consumer rather than friend & slave.

"so could you love this bastard child
though i don't trust you to provide-
with one hand in a pot of gold
and with the other in your side"

awesome Father, help us reflect today on the good hope & sweet salvation afforded by what happened on good friday!

hubris, wedding cake, & initial thoughts about being an airhead

this might make you smile. or disturb you.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-507390/Bride-wedding-cake-life-size-model-herself.html

i mean. yes, bride. it's your day. but really- a life-size cake replica of yourself. really?!

also, next post- scatterbrained but not stupid
..still thinking about it... but it's inspired by a pattern i have of leaving things behind (i pushed my luck on my glasses; probably left them in 50 different places before they were lost to me forever... moment of silence for the scholarly, yet cute, brown plastic frames. also, maybe some silent curses ;)

so, i've started thinking i'm stupid because of the aforementioned spacy moments. this kind of thinking is bad... but i suspect it's pretty common. more soon!

well-pleasing & aiming to please

dear believer,

the Father is well-pleased with you. you have peace with Him because He reconciled you to Himself. He brought you near, He rescued you from darkness. He met your greatest & most basic need by ransoming you. you are well-pleasing to Him. and with paul, we can say "we make it our goal to please Him" (2 corinthians 5:9). you & i long to serve Him because of His good pleasure, works He planned in advance for us to do. but not because those efforts lead to righteousness or garner His favor.

you are well-pleasing, believer. and you aim to please Him.

thank you, Father, for graciously pursuing me when i had nothing in common with You (romans 5:8).

may Your smile be my chief delight.