Thankful.

When I was reading my Bible this morning, one of the verses talked about Jesus being the Creator. The chapter (Hebrews 1) gave me a picture of the immense love God has for His Son, and my imagination ran with it.

Do you suppose, back before anything was, Jesus came to His Father with the enthusiasm that we all have inherited from Him, and sketched out this wonderful world that He wanted to make? He vividly described the colors and the intricacy of the ecosystems and every detail He would put in place so that anyone who looked could see His fingerprint. He described the creatures and the plants, and how He desperately wanted to create some people who would be companions and playmates. No doubt God saw the possibility for devastation as Jesus lined out His plan for allowing those people to decide if they wanted to be Jesus' friend, but decided that this plan was good. Maybe He even warned Jesus that if things got too bad, the only way to get His friends back would be to die for them so they would really believe He loved them. What imagination, what creativity, what love!

I knew that they were planning to pour the concrete footings out at the property yesterday, and also knew that rain was forecasted. As I left for work, I began praying (pleading) God to hold off the rain for us. As I repeated myself over and over, it was as if God said, "Do you believe I control the weather?" Yes. "Do you believe I love you?" Yes. "Then trust me." I think it maybe sprinkled on the guys a couple of times, but it didn't rain till they were done. My Father, my Creator. He didn't have to do that, but He chose to show me His love. Thank you.