Mustard Seeds

After church tonight, I was following a friend home to share dinner with. As I was driving, I came to the top of a hill. I looked out toward the direction I was driving and saw smoke, fog, whatever surrounding the mountains on either side of the road. How I wish I could have got a picture of the beautiful sight. God spoke to my heart as I looked on His beautiful creation. I'm reading a book right now called Captivating . It is by John and Staci Eldredge, and in it, they talked about how we should see the beauty of God all around us. Well, I did. Through the sight of the low hanging (if that's the correct word) clouds on the mountain, God spoke to me that He is always near, within reach. We just have to reach out, and He's there. Just thought I would share what God spoke to my heart. The beauty of it will have to remain in my mind, but a picture would not have done it justice anyway. Thanks for reading. In God, Emily

Today God showed His faithfulness once again. But I would like to start with a little revelation that I had last week. Last weekend, a couple from my church went away for the weekend for their anniversary. I was able to help out by watching two of their children for them while they were gone. I stayed at their house at got a little taste of what it's like to take care of children. As I was getting ready for church, I woke up early to get myself ready before getting the kids up. I was making muffins for breakfast, but it took me a little bit longer than I thought to mix the dough and spoon it into the pans. By the time I was finished and about to put them in the oven, I realized that I did not have enough time for the muffins to cook before they needed to be ready to eat. I started praying that they would cook quickly. As I was praying I went to wake the children up to get ready for church. One of them had already woken up, but the other was still sleeping. I went up to wake her u