Good

I read Brandon's blog this week and so I was already thinking about some of this stuff before his sermon. The direction my brain went with this was different than his sermon focus (you had to be there for that!). He talked about how when God made creation he said it was 'good' and I got to thinking about how we see ourselves in a different perspective than God sees us. He still sees us as 'good' through the blood of His son. But how do we see ourselves? Do we see ourselves as broken, as failures, as not good enough? Don't we do a disservice to God when we don't see ourselves as He sees us?

One example Brandon used was that of Gideon, and though he was using the example for something else, it also fits this point as well. Gideon saw himself as young and weak and afraid, but something happened to him as he amassed an army and went on to defeat the Midianites through trust in God. He had an encounter with God and it seems to have changed the way he saw himself. Maybe it's more important than we think.

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This morning Myron woke up not feeling well, so I took James to Church (after I made the pear bread, which was really quite good!). We came home and had lunch. Myron was feeling well enough to make scrambled eggs, which James loves. So they had that and I had garlic bread! Then James watched some sports, then took me outside to play sports with him for an hour, then he came in to watch the football. I made plain pasta for me and alphaghetti type for James. I need to plan our meals for the week but I'm not sure what Myron will be up for. After dinner, I gave James a bath and then did some work checking files. Now I should go to bed as it's 11pm, which was midnight last night! Hello, time change.