thanks Evan

i love how God works things. how He can show you something, teach you something, get you thinking about something that you can then use to maybe bless another. and the timing is perfect.


i watched Evan Almighty last night and i laughed a lot. but when we got to the end, had i been alone i would have cried. my mind was turning. something inside me did something, i don't know what, when Evan walked to the tree to talk with God. see, i desire what Evan had in the movie: personal one-on-one time with God in the physical realm.

you ever hit points in your life where it just sucks? and i don't mean, yeah it sucks. i mean the "it blows the big one" type suck in life. it is times like that which i want to be held. but not by anyone, by God. we talk and say that God is holding us in times of hardship, ad i don't argue that. but i long for a physical holding, as a father holds his child. a physical intimacy.

then in the movie, Evan turns around for a moment, and when he turns back God is gone. i wonder what was going through Evan's head. i know what was going through mine. i placed myself in his shoes for a moment there, and when he turned around and God was gone, something in my turned. like the floor being pulled out from underneath me. see, i wonder how much we hold onto the physical. i put myself in his shoes and when God wast there my heart was in pain, as if someone i loved was now gone forever.

but here is the thing. God is never gone. just because we can not physically see Him doesn't mean He is not around. and those hard times, the ones that just really suck.....how quick are we to think God isn't there? we have to catch ourselves. God is always present. He is always loving and never changing. when life sucks, He is carrying us even if it don't feel like it. i challenge you if you are in a time of hardship and feel alone; get away from everything for a little and get into the Word. spend some time with God, cause He is right there with you. seek His counsel, seek His peace and comfort. cause trust me, it is so much greater than anything here on earth can provide.

and remember, just cause you cant see Him don't mean He isn't there. He might even be carrying you and you don't realize it.