the ocean at 6:43 am + God's call on our lives

last weekend, my husband and i got to share at my old youth group's retreat, and we really felt God calling us to talk about His call on a person's life. my husband talked about gideon, and how God called him while he was doing something ordinary. i shared from ezekiel 2-3, how God may call us to difficult things but that he prepares us for the task. (he tells ezekiel to go talk to israelites who, spoiler alert, aren't going to listen! talk about an overwhelming call.)

on saturday morning, a bunch of us girls got up and went to see the sunrise, aka i dragged myself out of bed after 7 hrs of sleep and grabbed devin's sweatshirt to go see the sky at 6:43 am. harvey cedars bible conference is right new jersey's long beach island, with the ocean a few steps away. 

once again, i was struck by God's brilliant creativity. those clouds?! all that color? 1 peter calls him the "faithful creator." he doesn't just give us a potentially daunting call and then walk away, like "good luck, suckaaa." he is faithful! he calls us to hard things, and then he equips us to be obedient in the calling, never leaving our side. 

what has the faithful creator called you to? have you ever gotten up to see the sunrise?