What does He expect of us?

Are we intended to continually want more of our Creator, His Redemptive Son Jesus, the Counselor Holy Spirit? Intended to essentially insist on being spiritually dissatisfied, knowing that each moment we look down we are not looking up? Chasing after an infinite God is in its essence a never-ending pursuit, and likely as not, an exhausting one.

We experience the powerful presence of God in points of time and try to extrapolate a continuum from them. Yet in each day, each moment that we forgetfully find ourselves centered in our natural world, the moments between the moments of God’s presence, we feel a spiritual failure.

We must pursue God, desiring Him and His activities. It is a high calling, one clearly given to us. However, may we temper our full-time God-centeredness, knowing that the God who created us knows our days and our minds, our capacity to witness Him as well as our tendency not to? While our pursuit of God honors Him and changes us, He is complete in Himself, regardless of our efforts. On one hand, we will never finish glorifying God, as He has no end. On the other, we just might bring Him glory by a life well-lived.

We cannot fully seek Him (or at least I cannot). We must find contentment in something less than full absorption in the presence of God. When we appraise each distraction as a failure, we judged ourselves harsher than our Father Himself does. 

Seek God in appreciation and respect for who He is, rather than to 'achieve' faith. God is fully complete and healthy without our efforts, and He is likely content with our God-honoring lives, knowing even before we do that we will turn our eyes away from Him.

If we are faithless, He remains faithful, for He cannot deny Himself.

II Timothy 2:13

Where We've Been So Far...

The Bowling Six is planning its next Westward Road Trip.
In our previous jaunt, we ventured up to Mt. Rushmore and had a fabulous time, as remembered here.

Below is a record of where we've been to date, with the intention of adding to the list next month.

The Bowling Six through 2012

Pinterest fail.

Just how old is she?

Watching the opening scenes of The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe with the kids. 

Trying to teach them about the events of the opening scenes: the Blitz, air raids, dad off to war, moving away to the country, etc.

They were rather more interested in the ages of the four Pevensie children, finally settling on Lucy (6), Edmund (8), Susan (11) and Peter (13). There was some controversy on Lucy's age.

Elizabeth: "She looks way older than 6. I think she's 7."

Garrett: "Dad, does she have a birthday in this movie, because she looks like she's 7."

Me: "We'll see." (magic words, handed down from generation to generation)

Elizabeth: "Well, I think she's 6 1/2"

Garrett: "Yeah, 6 1/2"

Lexington 2013 Video

The one above is what we show the grandparents....
The one below is what we show our friends at school;)