Choosing to See

This is not how it should be
This is not how it could be,
But this is how it is
and our God is in control.

This is not how it will be
When we finally see,
We'll see with our own eyes
He was always in control.

This is not where we planned to be
when we started this journey,
but this is where we are
and our God is in control.

Though this first taste is bitter
there will be sweetness forever
when we finally taste and see
that our God is in control.

-From "Our God is in Control" by Steve Curtis Chapman and Mary Beth Chapman.
Quoted in the book "Choosing to See" by Mary Beth Chapman.

Robin and Cranberries

A couple of robins have been hanging around and I felt badly for them because of all the snow, so I set some dried cranberries out for them. You can see one half hidden in front of the robin.

He's playing it cool because he knows I'm watching him from the kitchen.

Then he quickly grabs it. And down it goes! He ate a couple more and then flew away.