Eden’s Garden

Yesterday as I sat out on my back deck, the sun was shining and I was thinking about how it had been so rainy earlier this summer. I was sitting there admiring the sun and just loving that it was there, and shining.  My mind went back to when it had been so rainy, and I realized that I loved it when it was rainy, that I in a sense forgot about the sun.  I loved the clouds and the rain, and came to not like the sun.  It is interesting to me how when I am not around the sun I forget that I love it, I forget how wonderful it is.  I settle for the rain, when really I love the sun more. 

Now I find this to be very applicable to my life.  I am like this in many aspects I don’t usually stay in touch with friends because I forget how much I actually enjoy being with them, I am like this with sports and things as simple as drinking tea.  I get busy and forget the things I love. 

This has been a cycle for my my life with Jesus….I hate to say this but I get busy and forget how much I love Jesus.  I forget how mysterious, beautiful, loving, and amazing he is.
I was reminded of the Israelites how they were quick to forget what God had done for them how he provided.  I love how they built big piles of rocks like at the Jordan river to remind them of what God had done, that he brought them safely through the water. 

The decision that I’ve made is to make reminders physical things that remind me of the things that I oftentimes forget I love.  I need to be disciplined with reading the Word(something I forget I love also)  I need to be reminded of the Love he has for me and purpose that is so much bigger then my little world. 

I don’t want to find myself in a year remembering how I forgot.