God's World, My Lens

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I wear glasses and without those lenses everything is fuzzy and blurry. Without them I may stumble or drop things. Putting on my glasses…putting on my lenses…allows me to see clearly bringing things into focus. I function so much better when they are on. Using the Bible is the best way to put on God’s lens. It puts everything…and I mean everything, into focus so that we may better understand the God who created us.

The Basics

Why a Blog?

What to Expect...

First and foremost, I need to tell you I am a child of God.

Funny to think of a woman in her 70s as a child but I guess if you consider God as eternal, my years are just a drop in the bucket to eternity. How do I know I am a child of God?

“Yet to all who did receive Him (Jesus), to those who believed in His name, He gave the right to become children of God…” John 1:12

I believe in the Triune God, the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. I believe because God so loved His creation that the Son, Jesus, came to die an ugly death so that He could take the payment for my sins.

Wow…think about it…the God who created all of the earth, the millions of galaxies…that same God chose to suffer for my sins so I could be with Him in eternity!

“For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through Him.” John 3:16-17

I am also a wife, mother, grandmother, sister, aunt, prayer warrior, volunteer, mentor, speaker, artist and writer…oh and now a blogger!

I believe God has a purpose for each person in this world. My job has been to seek out what purpose He has for me. For me, it seems to have changed as I hit different stages in life. Though there is one constant which is to bring glory to God. And that brings me to answering the question as to why I am creating this blog…

It is threefold:

To glorify God
To help you find your identity in God’s eyes (lens)
To share with you my journey in understanding the purpose God created me for. And in doing that to help you understand the purpose He has for you.

This is a work in progress. As long as the Lord gives me the ability and desire to write, I will continue it whether or not I have followers. The Lord made it clear to me in several different ways that He wanted me to blog.

This is my act of obedience to Him. He is in charge of the results. Now, isn’t that an amazing…God takes the weight of whether or not this is a success (in man’s eyes} on His shoulders! Now that’s what I call freedom!

Some things I will be focusing on with this blog.

This is God’s world, and I will write about His world from my eyes…my lens. I will upload an entry weekly.

You are God’s creation, I hope to help you see how God sees you…through His lens. He created you with a purpose and a plan.

My blog posts will be random, not any chronological order. I write what the Lord has put on my mind. I have written many devotionals which I will add and once again there will be no specific order. I may even add a winter one in the summer.

I always include a related Bible verse with every entry. It actually does not matter if you remember what I wrote but it does matter you take to heart God’s Word so that you can see clearly through His lens.

“All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the servant of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.” 2 Timothy 3:16-17
“He replied, “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it.” Luke 11:28

Please keep in mind that all that I write is my thoughts and opinions…I try to keep all Biblical. But only the Bible is truly biblical. I am just a mere human trying to glorify God but am very flawed. As I do, check anything you are in question about to the Word of God…the Bible.