Candidly Christian

Here we are amid another growing season. I love going to the Farmer’s Market and seeing all the fresh fruits and vegetables. It is fun to see all the bright colors of beets, squash, and radishes. There is nothing like fresh corn on the cob or a sweet juicy peach that runs down your chin.

However, to appreciate these crops, there is a ton of work that goes into producing these delectable treasures. I’m the first to admit I am not very good when it comes to gardening or caring for plants. My family can testify that I kill silk plants.  I appreciate the skills of others who have a green thumb. But, as I thought about the whole gardening process, I realized it is the same process with our spiritual garden. Let me ask you this, “How is Your Spiritual Garden Growing?”

I’m so grateful that we can be honest here at Candidly Christian. I love that we don’t have to come with everything figured out and all the right answers. It’s okay to be thoroughly in-process… what a beautiful thing!

In the spirit of candidly-ness, I’ve been struggling with a familiar Bible story lately. I recently spotted something that I hadn’t noticed before, that I just can’t get out of my mind. 

Mark 9:2-8 is an incredible passage that I highly encourage you to read and meditate on this week. In this passage, Jesus takes Peter, James, and John up a mountain, and He is transfigured in a moment. Jesus’s clothes become blindingly white, and the three disciples can see His immense glory. And, to top it all off, Moses and Elijah show up and chat with Jesus. 

I have crazy stories.

So many times, I am like “would you believe me if I told you…?”

You have read my posts… I have had crazy things happen in the past… remember that category 5 hurricane called Maria? Or how about that day that we got caught on my parent’s tiny boat when a violent storm hit us (some people called it a microburst). When I say violent storm, I mean that my dad told one of his friend’s after that we were lucky to be alive. We will just leave it at that.