God's Love Is Better Than Life

Because your love is better than life, my lips will glorify you. — Psalm 63:3

Chicken Pot Pie

God's love is better than anything.

I will glorify Him as long as I live.

Saturday night I made chicken pot pie.

Talk about comfort food!

Just as God comforts me during these days of uncertainty, so does the food we eat together as a family.

I pray that my lips will glorify God all the days of my life!

I Thirst for God

You, God, are my God, earnestly I seek you; I thirst for you, my whole being longs for you. — Psalm 63:1

Potomac River

God is my God.

He watches out for me.

He has my back, even when I feel alone.

I seek Him in earnest.

When I read His Scripture, He fills me with His words of hope, conviction, and love.

My whole being longs for Him and His presence with me each day.

I thirst for Him as if I'm stranded in a desert without water.

And He fills me up with His Spirit, His Word, and His Presence.

You are my hiding place; you will protect me from trouble and surround me with songs of deliverance. — Psalm 32:7

Blueberry Cream Cheese Coffee Cake

God has protected me, even when I didn't even think to acknowledge Him.

He is my hiding place.

I know I can go to Him whenever I need to get away from the hectic day-to-day life.

He is my refuge.

He protects me from trouble.

He surrounds me with songs of deliverance and joy.

And He is my strength in times of exhaustion and worry.

When I remember that, I can turn all of my worries and cares over to Him.

I can get back to sleep knowing that it's in His hands and He has it under control.

What a blessed assurance.

Here's the blueberry cream cheese coffee cake I made Saturday morning.

The whole house smelled wonderful!

He Gave His Life

The Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many. — Matthew 20:28

Jesus came to serve and to give His life for me.

What a blessing.

What grace.

To me, someone completely undeserving.

I made bean soup for our family for lunch yesterday.

Then I made a few more jars of the mix for another day.

We are blessed.

And thankful.

He Will Be Raised to Life

They will condemn him to death and will hand him over to the Gentiles to be mocked and flogged and crucified. On the third day he will be raised to life!” — Matthew 20:19-20

The good news of the Gospel is that Jesus not only died for us, He came alive again.

Because of that we also have the assurance of living with Him in heaven one day.

This will be a strange Easter since we will still be sheltering in place.

One of our friends just made a Thanksgiving dinner so they could enjoy the leftovers. 

I made a couple jars of bean soup mix so we can have some for another day.

God is good.

Going Up To Jerusalem

Now Jesus was going up to Jerusalem. On the way, he took the Twelve aside and said to them, “We are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be delivered over to the chief priests and the teachers of the law. — Matthew 20:17-18

Over the weekend I made oatmeal banana bread.

Our pastor gave a wonderful "parson to person" talk where he explained that sheltering in place gives new meaning to the time of Lent.

Jesus was delivered up in my place.

He took my place on the cross that I deserved.

And he died for my sins.

The third day he rose again from the dead.

And one day we will be with him in paradise.

Count the Stars

Look now toward heaven, and count the stars if you are able to number them. — Genesis 15:4

God created the heaven and the earth.

He created the seasons and time.

He placed each star in the sky.

He knows the number of hairs on my head.

God has created us and knew us by name before we were even born.

When I look toward heaven, the moon and the stars that God has created, what is man that he is mindful of me?