Mending a bumper....

I saw this in a parking lot yesterday and discovered that I was looking at a portrait of myself. Can you see the resembelance? I feel this way. I have made many mistakes in my life and feel that I have many dings and dents. Just like this car, I try to fix things that I have no skill to fix.

Apparently there is no way for this trunk to close, so packing tape was used to keep it shut while driving. We many snicker or laugh at this sight, but in our lives do we not do the same thing? We claim to know how to fix things only God can mend. We work in our own efforts and we settle for a sad substitute when sometimes God wants to just bring us in the body shop and have us shine like new.

Psalm 30:1-3

" I will exalt you, O LORD,
for you lifted me out of the depths
and did not let my enemies gloat over me.
O LORD my God, I called to you for help
and you healed me.

O LORD, you brought me up from the grave [b] ;
you spared me from going down into the pit."

Smitten.........

Remember my post earlier in the year when Dakota was terrified of meeting the characters at Disney and the boys had to stand with the characters instead?

see: http://thetallmanfamily.blogspot.com/2008/05/extra-mile.html

I took Dakota to Disney today and she is now smitten with the characters. She just loved seeing the princesses. She kept asking to go back and see them for the rest of the day. She was so touched that Cinderella asked her so many questions and wanted to know about her. It was such a blessing for me to see Dakota be able to enjoy that moment.

I am also touched that God does that same thing for us. He wants to know about us. Sometimes He brings us little moments of joy just to let us know that He cares. It is those moments that allows us to charge forward and keep going when things get tough.

Psalm 138:5-7


"Yes, they will sing about the Lord’s ways,
for the glory of the Lord is very great.
Though the Lord is great, he cares for the humble,
but he keeps his distance from the proud.

Though I am surrounded by troubles,
you will protect me from the anger of my enemies.
You reach out your hand,
and the power of your right hand saves me."