http://www.daveingland.com/2009/12/09/finding-beauty-in-the-chaos/ Commentary and discussion on the missional church, faith, culture, media and more... Sat, 29 Oct 2011 02:53:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.daveingland.com/2009/12/09/finding-beauty-in-the-chaos/comment-page-1/#comment-1062 Brother-in-law update: December 10, 2009 | daveingland.com Thu, 10 Dec 2009 20:24:16 +0000 http://www.daveingland.com/2009/12/09/finding-beauty-in-the-chaos/#comment-1062 [...] Throughout this situation it has been amazing to receive a bunch of prayer from friends and new friends, and then have a chance to watch God work through it all. Even things like the emergency happening during a time when hotel rates (which can run upwards of $400/night) were at their lowest of the season, and we were able to make the drive without rain/snow/fog impairing our visibility. They can appear as such simple things or things that operate outside of God’s control, yet I believe that so much was done on our behalf, through your prayers. I posted more of how this has helped to shape my personal perspective yesterday: Finding beauty in the chaos. [...] [...] Throughout this situation it has been amazing to receive a bunch of prayer from friends and new friends, and then have a chance to watch God work through it all. Even things like the emergency happening during a time when hotel rates (which can run upwards of $400/night) were at their lowest of the season, and we were able to make the drive without rain/snow/fog impairing our visibility. They can appear as such simple things or things that operate outside of God’s control, yet I believe that so much was done on our behalf, through your prayers. I posted more of how this has helped to shape my personal perspective yesterday: Finding beauty in the chaos. [...]

]]> http://www.daveingland.com/2009/12/09/finding-beauty-in-the-chaos/comment-page-1/#comment-1061 Dean Mayeda Wed, 09 Dec 2009 20:33:41 +0000 http://www.daveingland.com/2009/12/09/finding-beauty-in-the-chaos/#comment-1061 Dave - I've been following your recent journey and praying for your brother-in-law, you and your family. Thanks for sharing the momentary chaos of your life and the reflections of beauty that you see. Today, I will choose to see the beauty of God also. Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand. And we rejoice in the hope of the glory of God. Not only so, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope. And hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out his love into our hearts by the Holy Spirit, whom he has given us. Romans 5:1-5 Dave – I’ve been following your recent journey and praying for your brother-in-law, you and your family. Thanks for sharing the momentary chaos of your life and the reflections of beauty that you see. Today, I will choose to see the beauty of God also.
Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand. And we rejoice in the hope of the glory of God. Not only so, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope. And hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out his love into our hearts by the Holy Spirit, whom he has given us.
Romans 5:1-5

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