When we were getting out of bed I asked my son Brayden to open the curtains up to see if it was raining out. It had been thundering all morning and I guess I just wanted my eyes to prove what my ears had been hearing. I didn't expect to see this!
All week I would go out on the balcony (which was 17 floors up) and just look at the beauty of God and consider the size of the ocean. It was big and I was small, that was when I saw the enormous power of our God. I thought about the strength of the ocean and all the things that live in it. It was too much to behold.
At night I would look out to the sky and you could see far into space. Shooting stars were doing their thing and other stars would just twinkle. Again it was too much to behold for someone as small as me.
I believe truly that God was showing off to me his work in his creation, that he wanted me to think about such things and be drawn closer to him. As I jumped out of bed and saw this water spout I was in awe of his creation. I still believe he had something else to show me and there it was. It was not threatening to me but very neat. I still can't believe it happened the way it did. Thank you Lord!
This all happened to allow me to make a decision about writing a book. I am a very observant person, I like to see the world around me. I observe people all the time, I watch their behavior and their facial expressions. I listen to what people say around me and think about what they say and put it into perspective with God's will. I observe my own self and think about how my actions go with God's will. I'm not perfect!
I think if you truly look at us humans we are an ignorant race of people. We are neglectful of God, our lives are more important than anything else. God thinks differently about that. He wants us to have fun in life and enjoy things he has blessed us with. But we don't honor God the way we should. There are so many ways we can honor God, and I don't think we have done that yet.
Every day we should thank God for what he has given us, and in return we should think less of ourselves and more about him and others less fortunate than us. Grace is a gift from him but we shouldn't be ignorant of it. We should be thankful for it and not abuse it by not giving back to him.
The title of this book will be "Neglecting God." I ask for your prayers on this effort and pray I won't procrastinate like I usually do. I want this to be accomplished and hopefully God will write through me and enlighten us all. Thanks!
