We returned home from a birthday party Sunday night to find the driveway to our garage blocked. It was completely unapproachable. Hurricane Ike made its way to our house. It ripped a few mammoth tree limbs off our trees and gently laid them in our front yard and across our driveway. I got out of the car and moved the downed limbs out of the way. We were without power from 9pm to 2am.
Monday afternoon, I spent some bonding time with my trusty chainsaw cutting the debris into more manageable pieces. (God gave us firewood 
).
My Musings
I've been in need of some spiritual and emotional healing. This mercy ministry is a blessing, but it can be difficult. My heart has grown weary. A dear friend of mine encouraged me to spend more time in God's Word. So I've been reading through 1 & 2 Timothy. I came across a verse that made me stop reading and
begin thinking about my Heavenly Father. Paul writes, "God, the blessed and only Ruler, the King of kings and Lord of lords, who alone is immortal and who lives in unapproachable light, whom no one has seen or can see" (1 Timothy 6:15-16).
Unapproachable? Well that stinks. I want to approach Him. Like Moses, I want to see God. I want to be in that light. I don't want something blocking me from Him. God's light must be pretty potent stuff, because He even protected Moses from seeing Him. He reminded Moses, "you cannot see my face, for no one may see me and live" (Exodus 33:20).
At this time in my life, I know that I will not see God's light face to face. Oh...how I want to though. I want to see Him in all His power and glory; to be engulfed in His light. I thank God that He's made a way for me, and for you, to see a glimpse of His light. We can see Him by faith in His Son who is the light of the world.
Jesus reminds us, "When a man believes in me, he does not believe in me only, but in the one who sent me. When he looks at me, he sees the one who sent me" (John 12:44-45). I thank God for the grace He's shown me by giving me Jesus, and I'm thankful our house wasn't damaged by the trees. God is good. But I still want to see Him! (I'm whining now...aren't I).
Share with me your Ike encounters in the comment box below.