significance

'Humans are made by God, and "in the image of God" (Genesis 1:27). We are able to relate to God Himself, and reflect who He is to the world. That makes each and every human hugely, and equally, significant. God put you together in the womb (Psalm 139:13-16). He has already mapped out your life (139:15). He knows what you'll say before you say it (139:2) And He's made you to know Him.

'That's a glorious, honoured position to hold. Neither a rabbit nor a rock can know God and enjoy relationship with Him. We can because He made us in His image. Our significance does not come from which family we're born into, who we married, what we do Monday to Friday or how we serve on a Sunday. It comes from being made by God, to know God.

'It's really quite mind-blowing. The One who spoke planets into being and flung stars into space thought of you, made you to be you, and loves you as you. No one can take that away from you, or give you and greater significance than that. We can never be, and never need feel, worthless.'

- Sophie de Witt

in his time

...

There's within my heart a melody

Jesus whispers sweet and low:

Fear not, I am with thee, peace, be still,

in all of life's ebb and flow.

All my life was wrecked by sin and strife,

discord filled my heart with pain;

Jesus swept across the broken strings,

stirred the slumbering chords again.

Though sometimes he leads through waters deep,

trials fall across the way,

though sometimes the path seems rough and steep,

see his footprints all the way.

Feasting on the riches of his grace,

resting neath his sheltering wing,

always looking on his smiling face,

that is why I shout and sing.

Soon he's coming back to welcome me

far beyond the starry sky;

I shall wing my flight to worlds unknown;

I shall reign with him on high.

chapter seven

So I have a confession. I love reading, and there can be times when I simply can't put a book down, I get hooked . But with christian books, I can struggle to keep going with them.

I started reading 'Crazy Love' by Francis Chan months ago. I read 3 chapters, then put the book down. A good few weeks later I realised that I still hadn't actually finished it. So I picked up where I left off and read another chapter. A couple more weeks passed, and by this point I've pretty much forgotten what I've read in those first 4 chapters. So I decided to just start over. (Don't get me wrong here, the book is class. It's not even a hard read, its super easy to get into. I was just being lazy!)

Anyways, I've just read chapter seven, and boy was it a good chapter. Some of the paragraphs I was left thinking 'wow'. So I thought I'd share with you all a few snippets with you...

'When you pray, your prayers are heard by the same God who answered Moses' prayer for water in the desert, the God who gave Abraham and his barren wife a son, and the God who made the slave Joseph second in power only to Pharaoh.'

'The place of trust isn't a comfortable place to be in; in fact, it flies in the face of everything we've been taught about proper planning. We like finding refuge in what we already have rather than what we hope God will provide. But when Christ says count the cost of following Him, it means we must surrender everything. It means being willing to go without an extra tunic or a place to sleep at night, and sometimes without knowing where we are going.'

'God wants us to trust in Him with abandon. He wants to show us how He works and cares for us. He wants to be our refuge.'

'...God doesn't call us to be comfortable. He calls us to trust Him so completely that we are unafraid to put ourselves in situations where we will be in trouble if He doesn't come through.'

a million suns

You stand eternal

The uncreated One
Who knows no end

The starry wonders

The vast expanses

Bound to Your command

You shine like a million suns ablaze

Wrapped in eternal light and praise

Jesus the First, the Last

The Bright, the Morning Star

You spoke creation

Into existence

Life and all we are

Beyond all measure

The universe

An echo of Your power

Wrapped in eternal light and praise

Jesus the First, the Last

The Bright, the Morning Star

Never ending

You will reign forevermore

You are holy

You are worthy

Lord of all

You shine like a million suns ablaze

Wrapped in eternal light and praise

Jesus the First, the Last

The Bright, the Morning Star