good gifts

"If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today, and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, how much more will he clothe you, O you of little faith!" Luke 12:28

I wanted to show off some pictures I took with my camera I got for Christmas and my newest lense I got for my birthday. Check more out here.

My wonderful husband gave me a choice a couple weeks before my birthday. I could have a dvd recorder, which I really wanted, or a surprise he was planning for me. It was quite a dilemma for me. On one hand the new TV season was starting and with group on Wed nights, I'd never get to see Lost again unless we got a dvd recorder. On the other hand, John's surprise presents are great. And I think he loves giving them as much as I love receiving them. But, after much debate, I chose the practical gift over the surprise.

On the day of my birthday, I already had my dvd recorder (Lost had started its new season that week!) Yet, John informed me he had another gift for me to open. Imagine my surprise when he I opened the box to find a new telephoto lens for my camera. John had decided to buy both presents. So I'm reminded of the verse "If you then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!" Not that I would call John evil, but he is human. Yet he knows me and loves me enough, to give me a gift I didn't even know I wanted, how much more the Father wants to bless us with!