Today my family was reading our weekly section of the Torah, and we read Numbers 13-15. This is where Moses sends 12 men to scope out the land of Canaan - The Promised Land which God gave them. It's really interesting, because when they come back, there are only 2 guys who think the land is amazing. Everyone else only sees the giants that are there.
This sparked some good family conversation. In life, there are amazing things and scary things with every situation. Depending on your attitude, you can choose to dwell on the good, or choose to dwell on the bad. We see the results of what happened when the other 10 men dwelt on the bad. So be positive! Remember, God made the Heavens and the Earth - if you trust Him that the ground isn't going to collapse from under you when you walk outside, you can trust Him to guide you through new lands with many giants.
In other news... my parents are now back from their week-and-a-half long trip to Costa Rica! It's their 25th wedding anniversary, so they decided to have an adventure to celebrate. And boy, what an adventure they had. They took Yakar (my camera) along with, so they could get some good pictures of Costa Rica. They got some decent ones! I'll be putting them up on my photo blog this afternoon - enjoy looking at them!
Oh, one more thing. A couple friends of mine (and I'm not at liberty to mention who they are ;) ) just started a blog about courtship. Or rather, the Idiot's Guide to Courtship. It's a very, very funny blog - with some good advice as well. (You just need to make sure you separate the truly good advice from the super sarcastic advice). So enjoy!!! http://idiotsguidetocourtship.blogspot.com/
This sparked some good family conversation. In life, there are amazing things and scary things with every situation. Depending on your attitude, you can choose to dwell on the good, or choose to dwell on the bad. We see the results of what happened when the other 10 men dwelt on the bad. So be positive! Remember, God made the Heavens and the Earth - if you trust Him that the ground isn't going to collapse from under you when you walk outside, you can trust Him to guide you through new lands with many giants.
In other news... my parents are now back from their week-and-a-half long trip to Costa Rica! It's their 25th wedding anniversary, so they decided to have an adventure to celebrate. And boy, what an adventure they had. They took Yakar (my camera) along with, so they could get some good pictures of Costa Rica. They got some decent ones! I'll be putting them up on my photo blog this afternoon - enjoy looking at them!
Oh, one more thing. A couple friends of mine (and I'm not at liberty to mention who they are ;) ) just started a blog about courtship. Or rather, the Idiot's Guide to Courtship. It's a very, very funny blog - with some good advice as well. (You just need to make sure you separate the truly good advice from the super sarcastic advice). So enjoy!!! http://idiotsguidetocourtship.blogspot.com/
Thanks for the reminder - we tend to dwell on the bad, but if our hope and life is in Christ, everything will turn out for our good so we have nothing to fear!
ReplyDeleteI'm surprised you let them take your camera with them :O They got some great pictures!