Sitting, Singing, and Kite Flying

I’m sitting on the deck in the warm sun. Birds are singing, the cherry tree is blooming out. I’m watching the grandkids run and play on the hill. I see them run and laugh and roll in the grass, Bailey the beagle chasing them like butterflies. It’s a beautiful sight. Later, Rog…a.k.a. Poppy, and Jordan has them flying kites. Grandson Elijah looked to Rog with a big smile and said, “Poppy, I could do this all day!” That’s the feeling. It’s happened toward the end of a wonderful family visit or vacation. Or like the kite-flying, or hanging out later at Sweet Frog and Starbucks with friends…I wasn’t ready for it to end. I knew it would, so I just wanted to soak it in and savor every moment. But journeying with God is so amazing, it doesn’t end, and it just keeps getting better! “…He hath done great things. Fear not O land: be glad and rejoice: for the Lord will do great things” Joel 2: 20b-21. Not only can I look back and praise Him for His faithfulness to His Word, His many answers to prayer, His provision and protection in my life and in the lives of many others, the great power and awe of just being in His presence; yes He has done great things. But I can also look forward to all He is yet to do, all He is yet to teach me, all He is still to accomplish in and through me, it’s an incredible thought. It’s also a comforting thought. I can rest expectantly in my Father to do great things because He has done great things in the past! My son Seth said to me recently in response to a difficult and challenging situation he is in: “I will be joyful, I choose that”. I choose that! Regardless of where we are right now, maybe in a storm, we can know that God has done great things, and He will do great things. It’s about how He can be honored, what we can choose to praise Him for, how we can be better in spite of the situation. It’s about enjoying the journey, and we can when we remember that God is great and we are journeying with Him. The problem is that we are often on a timetable, and God is not. He is outside of time. In His great mind and will, His acts are already done. That’s where faith comes in, faith to believe that God is who He says He is and that He will do what He says He will do, in His time…and that will definitely be great and good! What do we do in the mean time? Worship Him, love Him, serve Him, trust Him, wait patiently for Him. And keep in mind, He has done great things and He will do great things! Maybe go fly a kite!