Month: October 2019

What If…

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What if that choice is where He’s leading?

What if that fear is what He’s asking you to face?

What if that conversation is where He’ll be found?

What if your willingness will open the flood gates?

What if your honesty loses that person?

What if it inspires them?

What if that person can unlock the door?

What if that person will close it?

What if the friend you wanted so badly doesn’t feel the same?

What if opening up is where the healing is?

What if closing off is what’s necessary?

What if something you’ve always thought was true turns out not to be?

What if someone disapproves?

What if it’s family?

Will you still?

Jesus whispers “Peace, be still.”

He says He’s got you. He’s got this. He’s leading you.

He’s bigger than all of it.

Even if.

Watching Pandas…

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I just returned from a trip to Washington D.C. I got some work in and lots of time and exploring with my husband. We got to visit some family in the area and enjoyed some slow starts to the day. These are even more precious considering his alarm goes off at 4:40 most mornings.

One of my highlights was getting to see pandas at the National Zoo there. I didn’t know D.C. had them! I didn’t know how close we’d get to be. I didn’t know I would get this thrill. They are my favorites..

There were three pandas in this exhibit and one was a baby. His name was Bei Bei to be exact. How precious is that? I could have watched them all day. Watched them eat, sleep (that’s what Bei Bei was doing), watched them just being them.

As we moved through the exhibit, we came across just that. A room full of cameras and behind glass so that we could see too. There was one lady researcher sitting at the desk surrounded by live videos of each panda. She could zoom in to get better angles of each of them no matter where they were. These pandas were being watched at all times.

They have no idea how much they are loved. They have no idea their every move, scratch, potty break, bite is being observed. One panda was completely passed out on top of a tree. Arms out, head down, asleep. And being watched. We’ve all been there too.

We don’t realize that we have a God who can zoom in on us at anytime and does. He loves, He sees, He watches, He cares. He can zoom in on that tear. He is watching. We have no idea how much we are loved, just like those pandas don’t.

One panda was begging to come back inside, probably hungry. Probably wondering why he had been abandoned. Why no one was answering. Why no one was letting him in. I’m sure the keeper had her reasons. I know he wasn’t forgotten because I could see the researcher watching him. But, I bet he didn’t. He didn’t know if anyone even knew he was out there.

A beautiful reminder that when we are feeling forgotten, hungry, passed out, or bumping into corners, we are still being watched. He loves us and we have no idea sometimes how much.