He Cares!

WOah! 1 Peter 5:7, "Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you." (NIV) I have always read this verse to mean don't worry , God loves you! Tonight however I read it completely different! We don't have to worry because God does that for us. Of course he doesn't worry but when we are in the midst of fear and worry, we forget that God already cared about the situation for us. I always thought of the words care in this verse as a more passive verb, he loves me, he take care of me. This view makes it a very proactive verb! He has already cared about this moment in my life, this decision, this relationship before I even knew what fear and worry were! Man sometimes I can make God so small in my mind! Thanks God for just being so great!

Thoughts of the week...

So it's interesting the way God works on us in different phases of life. I really like to have everything worked out and I would really like to know not just what the next step is but it would be great to know the step after than and five steps after that. I am learning that this way of living is really the antithesis of faith! God is gracious enough to tell us the next step but wise enough to withhold the rest of the plan for his perfect timing. If I knew where I would be one year from now, I am almost positive my faith would not be big enough to believe for it. So as hard as it is for my flesh, I am seeking God for the NEXT step trusting that when the time is right he will show me what follows.

In other news, Landon is just as cute as ever. He laughs at any silly sound but is very serious when in new surroundings! In those serious moments, people have said things like, "I can't believe such a serious child has come from you and Tim!" It is so fun to watch him grow and explore his surroundings. I have trouble believing he really was the TINY baby with sagging skin! No skin sags now. He has his bottom two teeth and his smile gets cuter and cuter as they get higher and higher. I laugh because I never realized that it's a process for teeth to come in! For some reason, I thought you put your baby to bed one night without teeth and wake up the next morning to teeth that are completely showing. I just have to laugh at that one! I am really enjoying this phase of motherhood!