“When missionary John Paton was translating the Scriptures for South Sea islanders, he was unable to find a word in their vocabulary for the concept of believing, trusting, or having faith. He had no idea how he would convey it. One day while he was working in his hut, a native came running into Paton’s study and flopped into a chair, exhausted. He said, ‘It feels so good to rest my whole weight in this chair.’ Instantly John Paton knew he had is definition: Faith is resting your whole weight on God.” –John MacArthur, Jr.
The last year has been full of many changes, joys, excitement, testing and trials. We have been learning to rest our “whole weight on God.” What else has God been showing us? Here is a short list –
We can clean our house with less than a one hour notice!
Playing games with certain families can be very competitive and super fun – and can last well into the wee hours of the morning.
The older you get, the harder it is to recover from “wee hours” of playing games.
Six hours at the pool without sunscreen isn’t wise.
Watching television is a big waste of time.
A clean, sweet-smelling girl on Monday can return from camp on Friday as a living antonym.
Our circumstances are never as important as our response to them.
Dancing the Cha-Cha in Centennial Park isn’t as humiliating as it sounds.
There is no greater joy than to watch our children walk with the Lord.
Roofing in 100 degree weather isn’t fun.
A house will sell when the Lord chooses for it to sell.
Saying goodbye is harder than we thought.
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