Weekly Date Night #2

I'm sure you all could REALLY care less about my date night but this is my blog so I can share what I want. Sabrina and I had home date night #2 last night. This is going to seriously jeopardize my man card status, but we pick a recipe from one of the daily Rachel Ray shows from the week and make it together. This week was Texas Size Chili Cheese Fries. Last week we made homemade pizza that was off the hook. This weeks chili cheese fries were AMAZING. During our cooking it's great just to talk about the week, day, our lives and have it be normal adult conversation. We then sat down to eat our fries while watching some drivel in TV (Celebrity Apprentice). I know, we're sick. We also started something on Wednesday's that we are adopting from my childhood. Each Wednesday we are having restaurant night. Basically it's a fun way to get rid of leftovers with our kids. I am the waiter and Sabrina is the cook. The kids go out to the front door and come in like it's a restaurant. Then they order from the list of leftovers and we cook it and serve it to them. It was pretty fun. Anyway, a couple of new family things we are doing to "Keep it real".

How must God feel when...?

Ever get one of those moments where you say "How must God feel when..."? Ya know, God is smart! I know, I know what you're saying: "That's what you're blogging about Jeff?" NO! Well, yes, but NO! Everything in this life...EVERYTHING, is meant to point us to God. One of the greatest things in life that is meant to be a picture of God is the parent/child relationship. I got a taste AGAIN of that today. It was a beautiful morning so I decided to do my devos out on our back porch swing. I'm up before everyone else and was reading my Bible, praying, when out walks Makalah to the swing. She climbed up and cuddled up next to me as only a tired little child can. I immediately said "Do you want me to go turn Little Bear on for you?" (Little Bear is her favorite morning cartoon right now) She didn't even look up, just kept her head rested on my arm and said "No, I just want to be with you." WOW! Immediately God spoke to my heart. I wrote in my journal "Imagine how God must feel when we come to Him without requests, burdens or needs, but just to be with Him." You see it's really when we just want to be with Him that our burdens, needs and requests are FULLY met! They are met IN Him not just BY Him. I need to learn that truth more.

Following Christ,

Jeff