The Grand Canyon

O Lord, how manifold are Thy works! In wisdom, Thou has made them all: the earth is full of Thy riches! ~~~ Psalm 104:24

The guys praisin' God in the Canyon

Lookin' at the BIG DITCH!

Sissy & Big Al!

This is my sister, Lisa, and her hubby, Allen. We call them Sissy and Big Al!

GRAND Canyon!

Hello everybody!!!! Sorry it has been so long since I last blogged. LOTS has been going on! We are currently in Flagstaff, AZ, with my sister and her hubby (Allen & Lisa Eaker). We are having a BLAST! We went to the Grand Canyon yesterday. Clay & I have been there a couple of other times, but I am ALWAYS just totally blown away by the beauty and vastness of it. I will post some pics a little later today.
But one other thing I wanted to share, is that I finished Mark Batterson's book, "WILD GOOSE CHASE" yesterday while we were on the road. AWESOME book! (This is our daughter, Ambs' pastor in Washington DC).
I want to quote a portion of the book yesterday that I felt was really profound (pgs. 160-161):
Can I share a personal conviction? I think vision is the cure for sin. One reason many of us get entangled in sin is because we don't have enough God-ordained vision to keep us busy. The more vision you have, the less you will sin. And the less vision you have, the more you will sin. It is vision from God that keeps us playing offense spiritually.
Too often we try to stop sinning by not sinning. That is what psychologists call a double bind. It's sort of like saying, "Be spontaneous." You can't be spontaneous now that I've told you to be! The way to stop sinning is not by focusing on not sinning. The way to stop sinning is by getting a God-sized vision that consumes all your time and energy.

Wow! Chew on that one a while. You may or may not agree with the statements above, but I hope it gets you to thinking. I know it has me! What is the vision for your life? your family? your church? your ministry? Do you know? Is it something that you can do on your own gifts, talents and abilities, or is it much bigger than YOU and something that only God can do (in and through YOU!)? We live in perilous times. Things are tough........but it is also a glorious time too. We gotta get out of the boat, step out in faith and move forward. We have lived life too comfortably for a long time, gotten settled into our comfy-spot, become spectators, and just drifted from here to there. GET OUTTA THE BOAT! Live life dangerously. God has got soooooooooooo much more for us out there. Let's get going!

God's love & mine,
Nonnie
aka Lauren