pass through the paths of seas

earth day is tomorrow.
everyone's getting their green points across.
psalm's 8 has been a much loved passage of scripture this year, especially when i look up to the heavens:

O LORD, our Lord,
How excellent is Your name in all the earth,
Who have set Your glory above the heavens!...

...When I consider Your heavens,
The works of Your fingers,
The moon and the stars,
Which You have ordained,
What is man that You are mindful of him,
And the son of man that You visit him?
For You have made him a little lower than the angels,
And You have crowned him with glory and honor.

You have made him to have
Dominion over the works of Your hands;
You have put all things under his feet,
All sheep and oxen –
Even the beasts of the field,
The birds of the air,
And the fish of the sea
That pass through the paths of the seas.

O LORD, our Lord,
How excellent is Your name on all the earth!
(NKJV)

how beautiful His creation is. how beautiful He is! how blessed i am to drink it in everyday!

in celebrating the earth, let us not forget to celebrate the One from whom it came from.

rest

my failure to rest on God just leads to my own demise. i have been so impatient lately. thankfully, He has showed me where i have faltered. sometimes placing affections and praise on things that don't really matter in this world. why do i think i can do it better than He can? He knows the plans He has for me, and they are good. i think primarily my struggles come from the fact that i have difficulty embracing the one elementary element that comes with this faith walk...that He loves me. that His grace is sufficient, although i do not want to solely rely on grace. i guess things finally got into perspective when i read some things from a teen devotional written by kenneth and gloria copeland. how in giving His Son, God gained back tons of sons and daughters. the greatest act of love for us. it seems so simple but it is so hard for me to grasp. i am sure i am trying too hard to fathom it and just need to let go, accept it, and rest in His love.