God is SO good!!

Seriously, we deserve nothing...every good thing, every reason to smile, wouldn't exist if it wasn't for His generous, merciful blessings.

So many things to be happy about...

~ phone calls from people I love
~ God's healing power
~ singin' along to the radio
~ hanging out with Janet!! :)
~ the sound of a thunderstorm
~ Life Center miracles
~ air conditioning
~ the strength of love
~ supportive & productive coworkers
~ cereal n almondmilk!
~ renewed confidence
~ familiar faces
~ whispers to my heart from His Spirit
~ and, also, sunsets :)

"...You make level the way of the righteous. In the path of Your judgments, O Lord, we wait for You...my soul yearns for You in the night, my spirit earnestly seeks You." {isaiah26:7-9} 


Sometimes, I feel like life is just FULL of ups and downs - there are days when you just absolutely soar...and then other days when everything seems kinda sketchy, y'know? Well, He smooths out those ups and downs. He makes the way level...

The trick, then, comes in the waiting for level ground to return when stuff is crazy. But! I've realized, that even if the answers to all my questions and a detailed roadmap of my life were written out on a blackboard, it would be the right answers but the wrong person, cuz God uses the waiting, the (sometimes forced) trusting, to change somebody, and that's the person who's ready to handle the plans He has for them as they're revealed.

Gosh, when I think of it that way, I'm just so grateful that He gives a chance to wait! Maybe y'all already thought of that, buut, dang...it's a bit of a revelation for me.

He. is. faithful. <3


~bethie

You know you're in Alaska when::

• you eat moose for breakfast, salmon for lunch, and halibut for dinner...all in one day.
• you wake up in the middle of the night to gunshots cuz there's a Grizzly in the bed of the neighbor's truck.
• you climb a mountain at 10pm and it's broad daylight.
• you gotta break out the winter garb on July 5th cuz it's 44 degrees.
• you see Mt. McKinley on the way to church.
• you swerve to avoid black bears chillin out on the highway.

Truly, the good times never end.

One of my fave parts of summer Alaska visits is the trip to Seward for the 4th o' July...

Mainly cuz of this action.

This mountain's been conquered by runners on the Fourth for 85 years. It's a beast.

Daang, this coulda been me! Someday, it's happenin... you can bank on it.

I love that nearly anywhere you look, you're blown away by the majesty of God's creation. It's breathtaking to just look out the window as your trippin' down the road.

And to think it's a tiny glimpse of a mere hint of His glory! Mann...

"You make beautiful things..."

~bethie