What an amazing thought that is! The scripture, of course, doesn’t tell me God is scrapbooking. It refers to it as a “scroll of remembrance,” where God writes down everything we do. Sounds a lot like a scrapbook to me! Doesn’t that just make you happy, thinking about God caring enough to document our progress?

Chapter Two of In a Pit with a Lion on a Snowy Day gave me several new thoughts, including that last one. Sometimes it feels like we work in anonymity, doing what needs to be done and no one notices. Maybe your kids thank you for finding the cordless phone in the couch and putting the DVD’s back in their case, but mine don’t. Countless tasks fly by every day and no one notices…unless they aren’t done! But here’s the good news: God notices each and every good thing we do, scrapbooks it, and beams over us like a proud papa.

The second thought that I am pondering is this one: “In the beginning, the Spirit of God was hovering over the chaos. And nothing has changed. God is still hovering over chaos. The creation story is a microcosm of what God wants to do in your life. He hovers over the chaotic situations ready to create order and beauty. He wants to fill the void.” (Pg 25 ,26) I don’t know about you, but that thought comforts me because if there is one word to describe my life it is chaotic! (Check out how crazy our life can get here). So God is hovering over the chaos that is teenage girls, elderly mothers and the rotating cast of characters in my life. He is hovering, and he is creating, just like he did in the beginning.

Other questions inspired by this chapter:
• What am I praying for, reduced odds against me or greater miracles for me?
• Do I view God as too big or too small to handle my prayer requests?

One last quote to leave with you. “God wants you to get where God wants you to go more than you want to get where God wants you to go.” (pg. 30)