Can You Believe It?

Fall is here!! I absolutely love this season, there's apple cider brewing,pumpkin pie baking, and kids playing in the colorful piles of leaves. Everything feels so crisp and alive during the fall months. It's definitely one of the prettiest seasons God has given us. The beautiful leaves just glory in their Creator's design. I love the verse in Psalms which states:

"The heavens declare the glory of God, And the firmament SHOWS His HANDIWORK."

Psalm 19:1

Enjoy the season!!

Psalm 19:7-11

"The LAW of the LORD is perfect,
converting the soul;
The TESTIMONY of the LORD is sure,
making wise the simple;
The STATUTES of the LORD are right,
rejoicing the heart;
The COMMANDMENT of the LORD is
pure, enlightening the eyes;
The FEAR of the LORD is clean,
enduring forever;
The JUDGMENTS of the LORD are true
and righteous altogether.
More to be DESIRED are they than gold,
Yea, than much fine gold;
Sweeter also than honey and the
honeycomb.
Moreover by them Your servant is
warned,
And in KEEPING them there is great
REWARD."

I came upon these beautiful verses one morning while I was reading my Bible. As I sat there reading them and re-reading them, the words that I put in bold print kept jumping out to me. When I stopped to ponder it, the first thing that I thought was of God's amazing holiness and righteousness. Line after line the verses keep emphasizing this. In verse 7 it states how God's law is PERFECT and His testimony's are SURE, verse 8 God's statutes are RIGHT and His commandments are PURE, and in verse 9 the fear of the Lord is CLEAN and His judgments are TRUE. I found it so amazing and humbling at the same time. Here's a God that is totally pure and perfect and sinless, and He wants to have a relationship with me! Me who is a lowly sinner not deserving of anything but judgment and God's wrath. Nevertheless, God in His mercy and His love has made a way to have that relationship with me because of His Son's death. How truly incredible this is!

5K Race:

This morning my mom and I ran in a 5K race held by the Turner County Fair, which is this week! This was my first 5K race, and we finished with a time of 23 minutes. We had a good time and I can't wait to do another one.

There's a lot of spiritual application in the discipline of running: endurance, running through the pain, pressing toward the goal, running when you don't feel like it, and finishing strong.

"Therefore we also, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which so easily ensnares us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God." Hebrews 12:1-2

Galatians 2:19-20

"For I through the law died to the law that I might live to God. I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me."