Voila!

Many of my social media friends are updating their profile pictures using cartoon apps such as Voila AI artist. And the pictures are so appealing... flawless complexion, no wrinkles, big eyes... but of course it got me thinking: What if we had an app to see what we will look like in glory?

In II Corinthians Paul writes that "we all, with unveiled face, beholding the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image."

C. S. Lewis reminds us that believers are "everlasting splendors." 

And in II John 3:2 we read "Beloved, we are God's children now, and what we will be has not yet appeared; but we know that when he appears we shall be like him, because we shall see him as he is."

I can hardly wait to see those profile updates. <3 

2021

Each December I choose a focus word for the upcoming new year. 2020's word of the year was Hwaet, to remind me to look around and see what God is doing and to listen to His story as He reveals it in my life. It proved to be a good word in several ways... it was different than my norm, which sure suited 2020... and it forced me to keep looking for God's hand in what was going on.

As I worked through a few ideas this year, I kept coming back to the idea of quiet and my need for a quiet heart. Isaiah 30:15 and 32:17-18 have long been favorite verses and I feel the need for this kind of quiet in the world: 

For thus said the Lord God, the Holy One of Israel, "In returning and rest you shall be saved; in quietness and in trust shall be your strength."

and:

the effect of righteousness will be peace, and the result of righteousness, quietness and trust forever. My people will abide in a peaceful habitation, in secure dwellings, and in quiet resting places. 

So, "quiet heart" or "un coeur tranquille" it will be.