'The skies proclaim the work of his hands'
Well, its sunday night, and im a little tired. But its been a good weekend!Friday night Sarah and I had a dinner for our year 9 ladies - the menu: nachos with an option of cheesecake or chocolate cake. Although my girls proved to be much crazier than the other bible study, taking any opportunity they could to basically scream, and thus somewhat stun the other group into silence, it was actually a good night of fellowship - important before we head off to camp next week!
Once all the crazy kids had cleared out, we went for the viewing of Pirates of the Carribean: The Curse of the Black Pearl - just what we needed to get into the right frame of mind before our pirates theme night on camp! Arr!
Saturday came along with more shopping for treasure and gold for campbut was followed nicely by a lovely lunch at Dee Why, tea at Church Point, pasta and a glass of red for dinner while watching the mighty All Blacks achieve victory yet again, and it all being topped off with a viewing of Vanilla Sky (weird but interesting film!). A day blessed with fun adventures, good company, good conversation, good food, and beautiful weather!
This sunday was pretty much the only sunday in the entire year apart from summer holidays where I didnt have TC in the morning - so i took advantage and slept in! Very nice feeling! I then enjoyed the very beautiful sunny day we were yet again blessed with, and headed to Whale Beach, which was absolutely beautiful, full of lively activity but not too crowded, and I enjoyed taking some pics of God's amazing creation (see more on flicker)! It was then on to Palm beach for a bit of hot chips on the beach action, and then back off home to church for part two of the money seminar i went to last week, and another very challenging sermon from Ezek
iel.Let me expand on a few of these things briefly.
1. Nath asked me on saturday what inspired me. One of the responses i gave was Creation. And that was pretty much proved this weekend. Psalm 19:1 says "The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands." On days like where there is an amazing clear beautifully blue sky, sun shining, and you are surrounded by the landscape like a beach, you cannot help but know there is a loving and creative God behind this world! Now dont get me wrong here, we are reminded of God, and his love and power in many more ways than this, but its just one example which I definately identified with this weekend. And was inspired as I aimed to capture at least a glimpse of this beauty with my camera.
2. Money and how to use it wisely and in a godly way is a difficult and challenging issue. So much to say here, too much to write right now.3. Ezekiel is a very full on book. I am so glad we get to study it at church though. Wal did a great job of explaining chapter 16 tonight - have a read, its a challenging passage! Its awesome looking at passages written so many years ago of an age we think we cannot relate to, yet be challenged seeing similarities between us and the people then, and be taught the same lessons they needed to be taught. Man we are a sinful people! We must not become complacent about sin, but commit to remembering what we were - dead in our transgressions and sin - and what Christ has done - given us life, by grace, through his death and resurrection!
Its such a vivid and insane picture in that chapter.
But what an amazing thing to know that, while we deserve it, God, in his love for us, cannot simply walk away and leave us!
I am off to camp on wednesday, then to melbourne the week after, so for now, I shall bid thee goodbye. Take care. If you get the chance, please pray for me as i continue to write my fireside for camp, for all us leaders as we head off on wed, and for the kids and the camp in general.
In Him,
C.
3 Comments:
Hey Phil!
Thank you! :)
And thanks for dropping in too!
That is a cool site! nice one!
thanks for your honesty and openess chels!
prayers r with you~~ im sure you'll have a blast!
-stay warm in Melbourne!
:)
<3
thanks for the prayers kat :)
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