God controls all... even the dust motes.

I believe that every particle of dust that dances in the sunbeam does not move an atom more or less than God wishes—that every particle of spray that dashes against the steamboat has its orbit as well as the sun in the heavens—that the chaff from the hand of the winnower is steered as the stars in their courses. The creeping of an aphid over the rosebud is as much fixed as the march of the devastating pestilence—the fall of sere leaves from a poplar is as fully ordained as the tumbling of an avalanche. He that believes in a God must believe this truth. There is no standing-point between this and atheism. There is no half way between a mighty God that worketh all things by the sovereign counsel of his will and no God at all. A God that cannot do as he pleases—a God whose will is frustrated, is not a God, and cannot be a God. I could not believe in such a God as that. 

-C. Spurgeon

If God controls the dice and dust motes... do you think he can control fungal spores that blow in the air that make people sick with Valley Fever? I sure hope so.

I'm gonna post my testimony here in a few weeks. I'll be chatting about what the Lord has taught me over the past 10 months. I'm really looking forward to sharing with you.

Love to all,

jess

do you desire God like this?

Oh how I pray that God would stir my heart in such a way that I would have a tremendous passion for His name and His glory. I want to live radically so that others see Christ's beauty. These men are so inspiring to me. Enjoy...

"Oh to behold the Glory of Christ! Here in would I live, Here in would I die, here on would I dwell in my thoughts and my affections until all things here below become as dead and deformed things, and in no longer, any way, calling out for my affections" 

-John Owen

"Lord God, You have appointed me as a Bishop and Pastor in Your Church, 

but you see how unsuited I am to meet so great and difficult a task. If I had

lacked Your help, I would have ruined everything long ago. Therefore, I

call upon You: I wish to devote my mouth and my heart to you; I shall

teach the people. I myself will learn and ponder diligently upon Your Word.

Use me as Your instrument -- but do not forsake me, for if ever I should

be on my own, I would easily wreck it all."  

-Martin Luther

And this last one is my favorite.

"... How sweet all at once it was for me to be rid of those fruitless joys which I had once feared to lose and was now glad to reject! You drove them from me, you who are the true, the sovereign joy. You drove them from me and took their place, you who are sweeter than all pleasure..."  

           -Augustine