I lift my eyes up to the hills-
The gorgeous Himilayan mountains where I was blessed to be a missionary in nepal for 2 years.
Happy Monday. Watch out week– God has plans greater for you then you could even ask or imagine. That was my facebook status this morning as I was thinking about how God does promise that He will do more then we can ask or imagine.. and I have a pretty big imagination 🙂
You may be wondering why the pictures of the Himlayas this post? Well this morning in my quiet time on my beautiful new coach (more on that later) I was reading Psalms 121
I will lift my eyes to the mountains
from where does my help come from?
My help comes from the Lord
The maker of heaven and earth!
As I was reading that it made me think about how in Nepal you could not always see the Himilayan mountains– the largest tallest most magestic mountains in the world (makes the smokey mountains look like mole hills) because of pollution. But on the days when God would part the clouds it would take my breath away. Or the days when I would leave the valley I lived in and go up to the mountains (like the picture taken above) and it would truly take my breath away! The maker of these.. He has called me.. He has called you by name.. He is intimiately working out every detail in my life. This God.. this God who spoke and those mountains WERE.. this is where MY help can come from.
Can I get a glory shout!
The star maker, star slinger, star namer
The history maker, history planner, history holder
The mountain speaker, mountain mover, mountain climber
This God says I, we , you can find our help from Him.. glory!
you need a mountain moved– He is
You need a touch– He does
You need to hear–He speaks
You need answers– He sits with you in your questions
You need guidance– He guides
WHEW!
Now on that note on to my 1,000 gifts list:
I can never remember what number I am on so I will start with 30:
30) That I have been able to see the Himilayan mountains with my very own eyes
31) the joy of counseling clients
32) having ladies over from church last night to my house
33) homemade salsa Jenn style
34) my family.. love them so much
35) Classical music playing on background of a blog
36) My brother in law’s sermon on sunday
37) seeing my beautiful mom show up at church sunday
38) Bible study packed last week even when we had to change the date
39) all the ways the Lord has provided for me
40) the ability to be in graduate school again
How has God shown up in your life to be your help? Love reading your comments
Looks like our hearts and our blogs are on similar paths! Love you!
How beautiful the mountains are! Glory!
Hey Jenn! Thank you so much for the beautiful words. Its so wonderful to know that the Lord has great plans and "He is intimiately working out every detail in my life." I am doing a Beth Moore Bible study right now with Jennifer Habermas and some girls called Stepping Up. We just finished looking at Psalms 121. We are actually suppose to memorize it for the study. Jenn's older sister put the words to the Winnie the Pooh song. : ) Anyways, I hope you are well. I miss you!
Ashley
Mountains are beautiful – can't imagine the majesty of the Himalayas. How blessed you are to have been there.
Thanks for visiting Reflections of His Grace today and for the prayers.
Blessings,
Joan
this line posted here from your facebook page is absolutely beautiful, just what I need this morning: "Watch out week– God has plans greater for you then you could even ask or imagine."
thank you for stopping by the Conspiracy of Love yesterday!
God bless,
Mary
My favorite part of this post is how you talk about when God parts the clouds and lifts the pollution so that you could see the majesty. This is what I am praying for in my own walk — that the pollution would be lifted and I could see Him for who He is.
First of all the landscape in your pictures is so beautiful that it almost looks like a backdrop! Secondly I love the poem portion of this post. He is, He does, HE WILL!!
Wow… what a gorgeous view! How neat to have seen this work of HIS in person! Family… the best gift ever! 🙂
Beautiful mountains — overshadowed only by where my help comes from! You caused my heart to sing and rejoice.
Your joy is contagious! I love it! And living in Colorado Springs I get to see Pikes Peak every day. It's not Nepal though, but mountaintops are stunning for sure.
And I love salsa 🙂 I just had some jarred salsa tonight, but I prefer homemade. Maybe I would love Jenn style.
Thank you for sharing your gifts for all to enjoy. Thanks for your sweet comment on my blog.
I love knowing you were in Nepal and I can't believe we didn't meet at She Speaks. Were you there this year?
I still dream of traveling places (on a mission) and enjoying different people and cultures.
ENJOY your week. God is with you.
Love,
t
Pictures so beautiful they look fake and #33? I love homemade salsa.
Delightful post! I've been to Manipur, India. We could see the some of the Himalayas from the plane.
God has shown up in my life to be my help this week by strengthening me to drive to all my medical appointments myself and persevere in PT exercises.
Thanks for your comment at crumbs. Grace and peace to you in Christ!