Weather - Seasons - Action!?

How's the weather been for you all?

No idea why my mind has been wondering all around the place lately.

The Spring brings me peace. I think I understand what it is. Life will bring about change. Some will experience change more often than others. Being in The Salvation Army, change is bound to occur. Big change.

We've moved from Sandusky to Salem to Painesville to Canton. We've been so blessed! Especially blessed to stay in NEOSA. Going back to visit Salem and Painesville is nice to do. I really enjoy it. It just is not the same now, however. God has called me elsewhere, and I went. I enjoy going back to visit, but it will never be the same. Life, for me, has changed. And with it, so have I.

The spring, however, is the same. The first rain with semi-warm weather - the snow melting everywhere - the smell of winter's departure!! FINALLY!! It's all so familiar. The scent, the rain, everything.

God loves to give us new life! He loves to be our redeemer! As the trees go in season, so do we. Spring - God gives us new life, restoring the joy of His salvation. Summer - our faith and trust in the LORD flourish and shine brightly. FALL - we begin to come down off of our mountain top experience, and begin to face hard times. Winter - our endurance is totally tested, and trials and temptations weigh heavy on us. We may feel alone, we may feel like God has deserted us. But sure enough, the LORD is faithful to His promises - and the Spring is here in no time.

Praise God, you people who read my blog. :)
Praise Him! Dude, worship the LORD our God with your life.
He has plans for your future. That is, He has plans for you for when that time comes. Right now, however, this time has come. He has called you to something today. I can only encourage you to seek first the LORD. I have no idea what you are to be doing.

Sick of 'the church' being shallow?
Do you have questions as to why God isn't found in 'Christians' today?

Do something about it in your life. If you can live in the way God wants you to, He will surely use you to inspire the rest.

I used to love talking about revolution. Let me tell you - revolution is something that every church wants, it is something that every individual Christ Follower needs! Holiness is a huge aspect of revolution happening. Becoming selfless servants, wanting no recognition. This is where revolution is begun.

Instead of anticipating a change in the church, if you are one who would be excited about it, let me be the one to challenge you not to wait until your pastor or parent does something about it - do something about it, yourself!

Colossians 1:28-29: "We proclaim Him, admonishing and teaching everyone with all wisdom so that we may present everyone perfect in Christ. To this end I labor, struggling with all his energy which so powerfully works in me."

James 1:5, 22:
"If any of you lacks wisdom, he should as God, who gives generously to all without finding fault(HE WILL NOT RESENT YOUR ASKING) , and it will be given to him."
"Do not merely listen to the Word, and so deceive yourselves, but do what it says."

Galaxies to Nanometers - Wrap Your Brain Around This!

The Earth’s circumference at the equator is 24,901.55 miles (the red line on the map)
From Portland Maine, Los Angeles California is 2,644 MILES away (the red line beyond the map)

About Nanometers: A week or two ago I shared some insights on Nanometers. I described them as microscopically microscopic. That is, when you zoom into something microscopic, a nanometer is still too small to be seen. The only way I can put it concisely, for those who may not stick around for this whole post, a Nanometer is microscopic – even at the microscopic level.

I want to share more research I did on Nanometers. First, I wonder if you have heard Louie Giglio’s speeches about the universe. I like comparisons. Louie Giglio got me hooked on comparisons when I first heard his speech about the size of other planets in comparison to the earth. To give a very general overview of what Giglio said:

There are planets so huge that if the Earth were the size of a golf-ball, in comparison, there is a planet with the width of two golden-gate bridges. Another planet is so big that, if the Earth were the size of a golf ball, this planet’s width is the length of something like two Eiffel Towers on top of each other! The last planet that Giglio spoke of utterly amazed me. If the Earth were represented as a golf ball, and that golf ball was placed beside this last planet, than it would be like a golf ball next to Mount Everest! So, climb to the top of Mount Everest, place a golf ball on a tee at the top, climb down and then look up at that golf ball – and that is the size of the Earth in comparison to this star/planet.It is difficult to wrap my mind around the vastness of these planets. This information, as intense and unbelievable as it is, isn’t the beginning of the measurement or understanding of the universe, or the God who created it.

Nanometers . . . I don’t have a clue where to begin! Okay, so I mentioned before that a Nanometer was so tiny that 750 million of them can fit across the width of a strand of human hair. I did some figuring, and found other interesting ways to think about the Nanometer. Instead of a golf ball, I thought a pea would be more fitting for this task.

I found that, if a Nanometer were the size of a pea, the width of a strand of human hair would be 26,600 miles long! To help you understand this, look at that photo. These lines put together equal about 27,545 miles long. Imagine, now, a giant strand of hair. These lines put together represent the approximate width of that piece of hair. Long-ways, the hair is laying North/South – and you are merely looking at how thick the piece of hair is. That is how wide one piece of hair would be in comparison to a nanometer, if a nanometer were only the size of a pea.

The smallest of things can crush us, be careful of what you are getting yourself into!
The greatest of things can humble us, be careful of where your mind is when pride becomes an
issue!

Our God is so BIG that He created the many stars within countless galaxies - the whole universe that is still expanding! Yet, He paid attention to each detail. Nanometers - even atoms! And to think that all of it was created through Christ Jesus for Christ Jesus. Knowing this, it is amazing to think that He still became one of us because of His unfathomable love for us, and held it all together even as a man. (Colossians 1:15-23)

I'm amazed at the wonder in creation. I'm sure there is much more to learn! And I'm sure when my time of learning it comes, I will share it with you. I hope you have better understood and seen the greatness of God by the examples used in this post and my humble attesting to it in my own life.