Sometimes I wished I lived in a snow globe, where the wind blows, it's wonderful, and every single time that you shake, it you'll make it, so beautiful. -Matt Wertz "Artificial snowflakes" is what the bag read; the contents now spilling onto the table. With hot glue covering the inside of a baby food jar lid, my little fingers tightly screwed it onto the jar. Filled with water, "snowflakes", and a plastic reindeer, my intention was to make a snow globe as I saw in a picture. The plastic snow floated to the top. I vigorously shook the jar in attempt to get it to swirl around in the jar. However the stubborn little pieces refused to release their hold on the top of the water. That lame excuse for a snow globe, to this day, sits on my parents dresser. I remember going to Hobby Lobby, or Walmart when I was little ( or not so little ) and striving to shake every snow globe on the shelf so that the "snow" in each were swirling at one time. Once I succeeded, I would repeat myself. Snow globes hold this little world inside. A little world that always seems perfect. And to look at them is fine, but it's not until you shake them up and turn the little ice skater's world upside down that you truly can appreciate the beauty and wonder in them. I would love to live in an atmosphere such as that. Where the moment my own little world gets shaken up and turned upside down, the anticipation for the beauty that is to come sets in instead of fear and distress. But, in fact, we can. Psalms 62.8, "Trust in him at all times; ye people, pour out your heart before him: God is a refuge for us. Selah." --------------------------------------------------- Isaiah 41.10, "Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness." ---------------------------------------------------- Psalms 46 "GOD IS our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. Therefore will not we fear, though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea; Though the waters thereof roar and be troubled, through the mountains shake with the swelling thereof. Selah.....God is in the midst of her....The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.....Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth. The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah." How do we live in a perfect, beautiful little world? Trust... In Him. The moment we begin to simply freak out over what's going on around us is the moment we lose focus on Him. We try to take matters in our own hands and figure in our own minds how things are going to work out. But we can't. And that's when we begin to lose it. Just be still... know that He is God. He's in control. He will lead. He makes no mistakes, and He didn't bring you this far to abandon you. He hasn't failed you yet, and He won't. God is good, all the time. All the time, God is good. Sometimes when things seem to be falling apart, He is just putting them into place. Let your faith be bigger than your fear. Once we let go and let God handle it, indescribable peace will flood our hearts and we won't be worried about what's going on, rather anticipating the beauty that is to come and how it will all bring glory to Him. Once your world is turned back around, and the snow begins to fall into place, you won't be able to take credit for what just happened. It will be obvious it was all Him.
Our surroundings may not change for the better, but our attitude toward it can. Attitude is the difference between an ordeal and an adventure. Peace and joy come when we are completely content, trusting and resting in Him. Your perfect little world is upside down. Trust Him. He knows what He's doing, and when He's finished, it will be beautiful! Philippians 1.6, "Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ:"
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