Experience the GLORY...!

I want to start blogging again so I'm going to do a few link-up parties for direction. 

So today, I am joining...

Here are the rules that I am following:

1. Write for 5 minutes flat – no editing, no over thinking, no backtracking

2. Link back here and invite others to join in.

3. And then absolutely, no ifs, ands or buts about it, you need to visit the person who linked up before you & encourage them in their comments. Seriously. That is, like, the rule. And the fun. And the heart of this community..

Today's word and topic is PATH

Okay here is goes...start the timer!

GO!

PATH

"And they were calling to one another: "holy, holy, holy is the Lord Almighty; the whole earth is full of his glory."
These were the words that started my day.
There is a circular path that is in front of our place. It has been a blessing. A few girlfriends and I have walked and talked and prayed through motherhood and life. Glory!
I escape from mothering for a few minutes and run. The ipod and ear buds perfectly in place. I run. I worship. I feel a cool breeze and think it might be cold but then I realize it is still 80 degrees and humid outside. It is Glory! I lift my hands in worship to the song and run. I feel invisible. I imagine that day when I will forever say Holy, holy, holy.
And then today, the kids showed me how to get back on the path...see the picture below.
It's so much fun to see how a new remote control monster truck can create a new path for the kids. And then I ponder...who is running the remote for my engine.
I walk across the circular path and look down at my feet...it's a cross formed from sticks. I say Glory!
It's a good path.

STOP!

Battle and Perfection Combined!

God created me.
I love knowing this and pondering this.
There is a longing in my heart that wants to continually know more and be less  for MORE of Jesus...
I want to experience greatness of my Creator's perfect plan and good purpose.

I love watching my lil' almost 9 month old experience and learn how he was created...the clapping hands, the crawling, the smiling, the never ending exploring with this hands and mouth and tongue...isn't it beyond us how God created us...our souls, our hearts, our physical bodies, and our minds.
I love listening to my 2 1/2 year old use words I didn't even think he could retain after just reading a book once or twice.
I love watching my 4 1/2 year old challenge her physical body to stand up on her bike as she pedals, to jump higher, and run faster because God made her body able. I watch her sing songs and do actions at vacation bible school.

I see through my children the work and ways of the Creator. And it is so good and life giving.

Yet, I think I can do this thing called life on. my. own. way. too. often.
So, I finally decided to dare go there.
Women of the Word, you know where I'm talking about...the woman we all dread meeting...the wife of noble character, but who can find her? So, I went there...to Proverbs chapter 31 to study with a Good Morning Girls Email Group.



And it has made me realize even more...I love that God created me.
I love even more that he is not finished molding me to the way He designed me to be.
I have been whispered to.
He has called me to be rare. A wife of noble character. The word noble actually comes from the Hebrew word chayil which means a "person of battle". I am in battle and my commander in chief is the Lord. I must go through HIM.
So, I'm putting my armor on...amidst the chaos and busyness of the American way of life knowing full well that God sees me as perfect and spotless through the blood of the lamb Jesus.

Created for Jesus. He is my perfection so I no longer have to dread Proverbs 31 for the battle belongs to the Lord and I can be a woman living well.