A Father's Delight Over His Children!

So the past few weeks I have been house sitting for one of the girls from Joe's Place. Her family is on holidays and God opened the opportunity for me to spend the past two weeks to stay in their house and look after their pets. Although many of you may not know I love dogs because my family dog, Max, is crazy and I very rairly have any praise to give him becaues of his stupidity... the one thing I do love is taking dogs for walks. So it has been so much fun getting to walk Sheba, the family dog. The first day I took her for a walk was just through the back alley to the school field behind their house because I had no leash for her. As I was out there I realized it was going to be a beautiful sunset so after her walk I left her in her house and went for a drive to try and find a field to watch the sunset. (before I left I looked for my camera but couldnt find it anywhere so I just left cause I didnt want to miss it).
I didnt really know where I was going becaues it was my first night in that neighbourhood but when I got to a 4 way stop I felt I should turn left although I was pretty sure that was just another part of the suburb. But I followed my gutt and drove it ended up leading right to a field on the outskirt of town right by the traintracks (I have a new fedish with trains since being out here). I drove down the road for a ways and then turned around as the sunset was past its peak. I thought to myself "well that was nice, but God was there more you wanted to show me?"
As I drove back towards the suburbs I noticed another car had stopped to admire the sunset. I then got to the train bridge and saw two middle aged men standing on to of the bridge with bears in their hands admiring the setting sun. On the cliff of the hill (yes a hill... i know...it was very small but it was still a hill) were two teenage guys also taking in the firey sky. I began to feel as though I was no longer even driving but that I was now sitting in the passengers seat watching through Gods eyes. I passed by a grandmother pushing her grandchild in a stroller and a middle age man gently leaning over and kissing his wife on the cheek on their front porch.

As I continued to drive I felt so close to my heavenly father as He was showing me His heart for His children. It doesnt matter where each of those individuals are in their relatioship with God. They couldbe seeking Him, they could be close to him or they could be running as far away from him as they can get. But that does not change God's heart for them. Each day He gives us gifts and delights over us and finds joy in us. The Bible says that God lets the sunset on the righteous and the evil the same. All of creation is God calling out to His children to take notice of how much He loves them and is wanting them to delight themselves in Him. We all know that when we see a sunset or we look up and see the stars or the northern lights that there is something inside of us all that makes us feel so small and yet so warms and loved inside. Why is it that these things seem so romantic to us and make us feel intimacy inside of our hearts? I truly believe it is the love of God our father, woeing us to himself. God could seperate day fom night by just turning off the sun like we do with light switches. but instead each day He delights in creating a fresh new sunset, one that is new and unique from the rest just so he can display a fresh the care and love He has for His childrnen.

I came home that night and I journaled and just creid with joy that Godloved me and all of us that much. I then was like "where is my camera? thats so weird I cant find it". I looked for the third time in my backpack and found it right where I knew it was all along. I believe God allowed me not to see the other times I looked for it becaues I would have been so busy trying to capture the moment that I would have missed the gift of being still and being in God's presence.

Friends, make sure to take time to be still and intimate with God this week. Go for a walk in a park or in the woods or down a dirt road. and ask God, is there more to this moment you want to speak to me? God can often be silent but if you ask Him questions he often responds in ways you never imagined.

Be blessed this week my friends and seek God while He can be found!