Keep Looking Up

        My daughter said to me the other day;

        'You can't appreciate what you have done until you move out of where you have been."

        That's so true.

        Just think of a child in grade one. Now he's on his way to grade two; and on up he goes, till he graduates. 
        Then he realizes how much he has accomplished and also where he has been.

        Now he can look back and see how far he has been.

        He may still have a ways to go, but as he looks back he'll be able to have the confidence in himself, knowing how far he has come. 

        And now looking up it won't seem to be as far as he thought it would be.

Keep looking up and let's keep growing in grace

 and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ. 

2 Peter 3:18

Freedom to Enjoy

In our back yard we have a crabapple tree

 and an apple tree.

 And a dear little rabbit comes over 

and is nippling on one of our crabapple trees.

Now to me that's fine. 

'Okay', I say to myself.

 'Wait a moment; it is now chewing on a branch from our apple tree.

 This, I don't like, for I feel it will destroy the tree, 

but it is too cold to go out and chase it away.'

I wish you could see the sight --- 

the rabbit is actually on it's tip-it-tie toes 

reaching up and grabbing a little of the branch 

as he breaks it off and then settles in the bank of snow

 and continues to eat away.

Moments later, the rabbit is enjoying himself as the sun shines on him.

You may be thinking: is the rabbit that free from --- the cats and dogs etc.?

 I can see his nose is always smelling, yes, the neighbour's cat.

We too, in the spiritual world, have our enemy. 

As it says:

Ephesians 6:10, 11

Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, 

and in the power of his might.

Putting on the whole armour of God, 

that we may be able to stand against the devil's schemes.

However,

 in the mean time,

 let's be like that dear little rabbit,

 enjoying ourselves.