Wow, I've entered the world of blogging....Crazy. I am not sure how often I'll do this, but it's nice to start something new today. Sometimes the days go by and it feels very routine (scattered with moments of panic--like when I'm trying to give instructions to Hanna and Maggie while Lily needs help and Carl is squirming his little body out of a dirty diaper and everyone is hungry and needs stuff at the same time, but I digress). I guess I should go back a little and introduce us:
We're the Fletchers, family of 6. Carl is my wonderful husband and the "King of our castle", Johanna is our terrific 9 1/2 year old who is folding the laundry singing "Give me oil in my lamp" as we speak, Magdeline is our super 7 1/2 year old who is standing on her head as I write, sweet Lilyana is our 3 year old who is also a princess, and little Carl (a.k.a. Trey) is our little 16 month old prince! We love Jesus and are seeking to serve God through His powerful Spirit moment by moment. Most of my blogging will probably be about what God is teaching me....and about my family. Sound good?
I've really been amazed by the graciousness of God (and in contrast my LACK of graciousness) as I've been reading the book of Isaiah in the Bible. Time and time again, the people God reaches out to reject Him. He keeps saying, "I will not forget you." In Isaiah 45:5-6 He says:
"I am the LORD, and there is no other,
apart from me there is no God.
I will strengthen you,
though you have not acknowledged me,
so that from the rising of the sun
to the place of its setting
men may know there is none besides me.
I am the LORD, and there is no other."
God talks about people who "seem" eager to know Him but whose hearts are far from Him. Convicting! Makes me question what my heart is really yearning for....
And all through Isaiah, God is GRACIOUS: saying He wants to comfort, to speak tenderly, that sin has been paid for (see Is. 40). So although He gets treated like crud, and sacrifices His Son, Jesus to forgive and cleanse the ones who treat Him like crud, He persists...graciously.
I am praying that the words of my mouth and the meditations of my heart would be as gracious!
1 comment:
Hey Kasteen,
I'm glad to see you've joined the bloggers. Alot of us have dropped off, but you'll see new stuff from time to time. You should post some of your smaller artwork. Anyway, have fun blogging!!
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