Worshipping God

I've been meaning to share this picture with you for awhile. This is the picture that I painted at the Conference I went to on Children's Ministries. One of the sessions I went to was called "Worship Art". The lady that was leading it showed us many various types of art to do with kids. Anyway, one of the things she showed us was allowing kids to paint about a verse or a song. So, she asked for 2 volunteers to demonstrate.

Let me just say that as soon as I saw the paint and the canvasses, I totally wanted to paint. You should also note here that I am NOT artistic. At least I don't think I am.

When she was asking for volunteers, I went to scratch my head and she looked at me and said, "Do you want to do it?" I wasn't raising my hand, even though I really wanted to. I sometimes draw pictures in my journal of things that I picture when I am listening to worship music, so this was no stretch. Anyway, I did it, and the above is the result.

This painting is inspired by a song called "Glory and Honor" by Doug Horley. The words are below. The white in the picture is people praising and worshipping God. The different colors represent different people and different types of worship flowing up to God. Then the gold is God's response to our worship: filling us up with His Spirit; refreshing us; renewing us; claiming us as His own! Hence the gold glowing around us. I was really inspired and loved doing it. I love looking at it. God is good!!
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GLORY AND HONOUR to You we bring
Beautiful Saviour Your praise we sing
Heaven bows down and worships Your name
God of creation we praise

Glory and honour to You we bring
Beautiful Saviour Your praise we sing
Heaven bows down and worships Your name
God of creation we praise
God of creation we praise

And so to You, we'll give You praise
We'll give You glory to You always (rpt)

Honour the King, honour the King
We will honour the King of kings
We will honour the king, honour the king
We will honour the King of kings (rpt)

Doug Horley
Copyright © 2005 Thankyou Music

Priorities, Priorities!!

It is that time of the day. The house is quiet. The kids are "resting" and I am just about finished my lunch. I have checked out all of the blogs, Facebook, Tweets and email. I have cleaned up after lunch. Now?? What should I do??

Well, this weekend I was reminded that I have this precious couple of hours to spend with God. The kids are quiet and not interrupting me. Also, if I spend time with God right now, then I do not feel guilty for not getting up at 6am to spend that time with Him. He doesn't care when I do it, just that I do it!! It sounds like a perfect plan. A perfect solution to my nagging spirit that is in need of some Abba time!!

So, the question remains...Why haven't I been doing it? Why do I find it so easy to spend my time on things that are here today and gone tomorrow? What is the point?

I have no good excuses. Just excuses. No real reasons. I mean, there are times when I need to do some Girl Guide stuff. (Excuses) Sometimes I need to email people. (Excuses) Sometimes I feel like I must write something on my heart so others can read and hear and understand. (Excuses)

The point is: I have no good reason for not doing it. So starting today I am going to be doing some quiet time with God at my regular scheduled computer time. I will still be online, but not for as much time as I would normally be on.

My prayer for you all is to find that few minutes in your day (I am sure you have some) where you can spend time with God. That you would look past all your excuses and find that time!! That is my prayer for you and my prayer for me!! Let's do this together!!

In The Shadow of the Mountain

I was reflecting on the title of my blog this morning: "Shadow of the Mountain". I guess I chose it because I felt as though my life has been up and down and for the past few years it has been down. I guess that is why. I have chosen the mountain theme for my blogs, but the last one I did was "Mountain Peak" which did not seem to fit. So I abandoned it! I can still go back and read it. It is interesting and a moment in my/our family history. I should download it and save it as a record.

Anway, I wrote that while I was staying at home after Aidan was born. It was fun to do and I loved doing it. But, I was also on a peak in my life. My first child was born, I was on worship team, I had just graduated from school and I was about to accept my first job. Life was sweet.

I don't know what all this means, but I do know that lately my life has been on a steady uphill rise. I realized it awhile ago when I started to find myself doing things that I LOVED even though it was not something I had PLANNED. I didn't get on worship team like I had wanted, but I ended up doing Promiseland and loving it. Then I started puppets and worship and hosting in Promiseland. Totally rocked. I have my Monday night Bible Study which I absolutely love to pieces. I am missing it so much right now.... I am involved in Guides and doing camps. It is awesome. My kids are growing up quickly and turning into lovely people. I have a part-time job now (well, it is almost full-time sometimes, but I love Maggie) and I have been reconnected with a lot of my friends from high school that I wasn't connected to before. I am making new friends as well and Jonathan and I love our small group.

I am so thankful that God is taking care of us. He really is watching out for us even when we are not sure what is up ahead. Even when we think that something has passed us by that we were supposed to do. God always has a plan. Stick to the plan....GOD'S PLAN, not my plan.

I guess that is what I am realizing right now. God's timing. God's plan. God is so good. Perhaps I will never get on worship team at this church. And right now, I am okay with that. Perhaps I won't be able to teach for a while yet. I am okay with that. I will do what God wants me to do. I will do what He has in mind for me and follow His leading! God is good.

"Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him and he will make your paths straight."

Proverbs 3:5-6