Thoughts and Other Things

Enough: • pron. As many or as much as sb needs or wants • adv. To a necessary degree; to an acceptable degree; a degree that you do not wish to get any greater  • syn. Sufficient This was God's thought when he made human beings, they were enough for him, in today's language, they did it for him. He created nothing else after them, He in fact rested out of satisfaction. He said it was very good after they came into the picture compared to the 'good' that the other created things got. When he formed one before the other, He said "it is not good" and when he brought about that goodness, He brought her as one complete being, enough in His eyes and enough for the needs of him who'd receive her (regardless of his ability to perceive it). God creates complete things. With frailties, yes, iniquities, sure but within them nothing short of what it takes to be just what God intended them to be. My pastor said something extraordinary the other day as he advised ki

(Gracious - she has a beautiful name, I know - asked me what we talked about at church the other night...so here we go) I had a very busy day on Monday (very much like today, I forced myself to sit and write this). Our helper is away for a week so I have her share of work to add onto mine. After cleaning this seemingly small house which miraculously extends itself once you hold a broom, I ironed, cooked and baked, and then I had to get ready for work (my day is the opposite way around, haha). There wasn't much time left for me to prep, in fact it was only a few minutes in between pans in the oven, and I felt guilty multi-tasking with the natural and divine. The scripture I was led to made it worse. I remembered something Jesse Duplantis once said, that the Word being a double-edged sword meant it strikes me the speaker as much as it does the listeners. I opened up Matthew 7 and quickly read through it. My heart got caught up in verses 22-23. " Many will say say to me on th