Not Given Over to Trifles

I recently read this book. I have always enjoyed the story of Ruth. So, I enjoyed this resource as I was rereading Ruth. These words from John Piper on the book of Ruth place my recent past and immediate future in proper perspective:

“God’s purposes for his people is to connect us to something far greater than ourselves. God wants us to know that when we follow him, our lives always mean more than we think they do. Naomi had no idea in the land of Moab that God was making her the ancestor of the Messiah. For the Christian there is always a connection between ordinary events of life and the stupendous work of God in history.

Everything we do in obedience to God, no matter how small, is significant. It is part of a cosmic mosaic that God is painting to display the greatness of his powers and kingdom to the world and to the principalities and powers in the heavenly places (Ephesians 3:10). A deep satisfaction of the Christian life is that we are not given over to trifles. Serving a widowed mother in law, gleaning in a field, falling in love, having a baby—for the Christian these things are connected to eternity. They are part of something so much bigger than they seem" (p. 121).

the grace of God

What is sustaining grace?
"Not grace to bar what is not bliss,
Nor flight from all distress, but this:
The grace that orders our trouble and pain,
And then, in the darkness, is there to sustain." ~John Piper

Mary Poppins

Last night, my discipleship group and I went to see Mary Poppins at the Fox Theatre as our final time together for the semester. I loooooooved it. Although there were a few cheesy parts, overall it was so fun! Thanks to Atlanta on the Cheap we found out you can buy 'student rush' tickets for $20 each an hour before the show. So, that is exactly what we did. Our seats were SO close. Thankfully you can buy 2 tickets per each student ID and I have lots of college student friends so they bought mine :) I highly recommend catching this show if you can!