…nope….I am not upset because my LITTLE brother is two feet taller (or so it seems) than me, nor that I hear occasionally that people think he is older… I am NOT bitter! No. No, I am not. Really… just because he can reach the top shelf in the kitchen cupboard without having to drrraaag a chair to stand on to reach all the way…or because he can see the movie screen no matter who is sitting in front of him…did i mention that he only has to take 50 steps to my 200?!! No. I am not bitter not to say I haven’t been before, however. lol.

over the last year i have been in this process of noticing how every detail in my life is there for a God-given purpose. it has been an amazing trail of thoughts and revelations that have taught me so much about what a caring, loving, God of justice, that we have. but what has been so significant in this process to me, is the realization that we tend to forget or ignore the little, small things. like clipped fingernails. or the screws that hold the door handle on the door. the TINY things. God is in them ALL. SO…as i have begun to make a point to try and recognize some of these things, i have gotten naturally off on these crazy tangent thoughts about my life–which has been good, but also somewhat ridiculous! but friends..our Jesus is definitely NOT boring. he is not bland, but he created humor…so i’m guessing his jokes and humorous ideas blow ours outta the water! he IS the creator of EVERYTHING..! why discount humor? =)

Anyway…!…one day I caught myself thinking about my height. So I said, “Okay, God…you have a purpose for everything, and that purpose is to glorify you in some way..so what does my height have to do with anything?! why not just one more inch?! =) Totally being silly. I really could care less about my height, I was just processing thoughts.

So.. off but on subject still…if you didn’t know, I walk a lot. It’s really really relaxing and slows me down to think and process everything God has been doing in my life. It’s my “quiet place”…I guess you could say. I really like to walk on the treadmill probably as much as outside… because I can read my bible at the same time. Anyway, I found myself walking on the treadmill this particular day, Bible and commentary staring back at me..and all of a sudden it was like a brick hit me on the head, and I started laughing. It was like Jesus was standing right next to me, saying, “Holly! You have to be how tall you are, or you wouldn’t be able to read while walking! Not everyone has the ability to do that (he smiles..)!” Immediately I was reminded that Luke just told me he didn’t understand how I could walk and read at the same time…he gets too dizzy. Perhaps it’s because he knew that with my lifestyle, and because he knows how I think (he created me)..he knows that not only would I want to stay healthy, but also have serious quiet time to digest his word outside of my regular daily processes of thought.. He knew that I would struggle with giving up my work out time to sit on my bedroom floor and read for an hour..so graciously he combined the two. GRACIOUSLY. Without the correct distance between my eyes and the pages of the Bible perched on the treadmill stand, I would get too dizzy and therefore have to suffice with headphones and music or bible on audio (which is great, don’t get me wrong..I’m just an advocate for studying the raw written words..reading them out.)

All in all.. my height has a divine purpose. I’m so glad. =)

-enjoy today, it’s been blessed!

Holly

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