Thankful Thursday ~ God's Masterpiece...

“For you created my inmost being;

you knit me together in my mother’s womb.

I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made;

your works are wonderful,

I know that full well.”

Psalm 139:9

My little friends are back. They show up about this time every year & keep me company each morning while I sit having my quiet time. As I sit in the quiet of the morning drinking my coffee, they sit on branches singing their good morning song in the cedar trees just outside my window.

For the next few weeks I will watch them slowly build their nests. They will quietly bring a small piece of yarn, small blade of grass or pine needle and weave it into a nest strong enough and big enough to hold tiny eggs.

As I sit and watch them quietly & slowly work the pieces they find on the ground into a masterpiece of strength & security I am reminded how God works the fragments & pieces of my life into a masterpiece of strength & security with his hands.

I so often want to rush ahead & do things my way. I don’t want to wait on him to take each piece of my life and weave it into the plan that He has for me.

These days I am frustrated & ready to do something … anything to move to the next thing God has for me.

But, instead of jumping full steam ahead, I am taking a deep breath, listening to His Still Small Voice and allowing His Hands to create the foundation of His Plan for my life.

“I wait for the Lord, my soul waits,

and in his word I put my hope.

My soul waits for the Lord

more than watchmen wait for the morning,

more than watchmen wait for the morning.”

Psalm 130:5-6

Continuing to Count the Joy Dare #1066 - #1073

·      birds singing outside my window

·      bright morning sunshine

·      prayers being answered even when I don’t take the time to see it

·      getting the kids to school on time

·      God preparing me for changes I once dreaded

·      trusting God to be with a friend

·      trusting God to show me His Path

·      a burning desire to jump out ahead of God but listening to the Still Small Voice of God that says wait on me

In His Calm,

Mary