Word Filled Wednesday

The day goes so much smoother when it begins with some time with the Lord. I always feel like I am so much more productive, stress-free, and contented when I have a quiet time first thing. I have never been very good reading my Bible in the morning, however! I had been doing well in the spring, but now that the lazy days of summer are here I've been neglecting my relationship with God. I need to make this verse my prayer! And now that I've said it out loud (well...wrote it), I've got some accountability. :)

Word-Filled Wednesday

"Do not let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God; trust also in me. In my Father's house are many rooms; if it were not so, I would have told you. I am going there to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am. John 14:1-3

The swans at my local park strike me as lonely. I don't know much about swans*--maybe they're not people persons--or swan swans---whatever, but the swans in the duck pond seem to be depressed loners with troubled hearts. They even hold their heads down in their sadness. If we trust in God, there is no reason for our hearts to be troubled. Jesus loves us! He's prepared a place for us! Someday we'll be with Him! Whoo Hoo! Happy Word-Filled Wednesday!

*I do, however, know that a swan mother is a pen, a father is a cob, and a baby is a cygnet thanks to Eric Carle's Does a Kangaroo Have a Mother, Too? Just one of the many things I've learned during story time.