Ephesians

Ephesians 1:9-10: "And he made known to us the mystery of his will according to his good pleasure, which he purposed in Christ to be put into effect when the times will have reached their fulfillment--to bring all things in heaven and on earth together under one head, even Christ."

A good friend suggested to me to go through Ephesians and re-write it as if it were written specifically to you, as opposed to the body of Christ. Replace the "us"'s and "we"'s with "you"'s and "me"'s. Especially God does think these things and say these things to each of us individually. He knows our names and everything about us and does intend for us to know these things personally.

Ephesians 1:9-10 stood out to me while I was reading because the promise about salvation that God made known to us is there, all that we need to do is accept that promise. He has a plan and it is good. I encourage you to try going through Ephesians and making it personal, I found it really helpful.

As always, have a fantastic day!

It's beginning to look a lot like Winter!

I love WINTER!! 

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That's me ice fishing!!  Exciting (I know right?)

And it is more than just the Christmas-y aspect of Winter. Everything about winter makes me happy. Snow-covered everything most of all! Snow covered trees. Snow covered branches. Snow covered streets. Snow! Okay so you get the point. 

But honestly, is there really anything better than curling up in a blanket and watching a movie while drinking a nice and delicious cup of hot cocoa while the snow is falling outside? Or ice skating? 

The other night it snowed and in my excitement I decided to take a stroll outside for about 45 minutes. The whole time I walked around and thought about a lot. Sure, I had homework that I could have been working on, but what is 45 minutes really. What started off as simple enjoyment of the nice cold weather, became a really refreshing walk with God. 

The light and fluffy flakes were falling around me and I felt as though it was God's way of giving me a little early Christmas present among all of the stress and worries of school and decision making that I had to do this week. So if you are getting busy thinking of all that you have to do this week, think about it for a little bit...is God giving you an early Christmas present? :) I sure hope so. 

Happy December!