What is something that amazes you?

In our garden we planted a watermelon plant. From one single seed amazing things happen:

- Watermelon seeds have the ability to drawing resources from the ground.
– Watermelon seeds develop a hard armor that looks a work of art.
– Watermelon seeds create a 2nd line of defense, a white rind.
– Watermelon seeds rest in a red heart inlaid with black seeds capable of reproducing.

Each of those watermelon seeds is capable of becoming a watermelon 200,000 times its weight.

Okay, how cool is that.  I was just thinking about my friend Jonnie & I was about to write about my friend Erica.

They walked into the coffee shop I’m in, together!

Let me explain.

Jonnie and his brother Nate are in the Navy.  Jonnie will soon join Nate in Hawaii.  Nate will be stationed there until he is re-assigned to Guam.

I was thinking about Jonnie because next Spring I will see his smiling face IN Hawaii.

What?

Yeah, I know, right?!?!

We no longer use credit cards, so a “plastic vacation” is not an option.

Loving God includes being willing to allow the bright light of God’s word shine in your life. While, from personal experience I know how scary that can be, it truly is freeing to live with integrity. It’s scary living in the fear of God, but it’s amazingly freeing to rest in an awareness of your own imperfections without pretensions. It’s then that we can truly experience the wonderfulness of God’s love.