"Inside, Outside, Upside Down"

As early as I can remember I loved reading books. I really got involed in every story I read and actually felt disappointment when they were over. So if your familiar with the childhood books by Jan and Stan Berenstain, "The Berenstain Bears" you will recognize the title above.

As an adult I have looked back at all of these books and realized that most of them have a great lesson for children. Although my friend did point out that they do not always portray Papa Bear in the best light. I told her I thought the books were more real that way. The brother and sister do not always get along and the Papa and Mama are not always on point. What family isn't this way? Oh, and I also read this really cute article about how the authors meet and realized how much they both enjoyed to write and draw. They got married and birthed the Berenstain Bear series and they do all the writing and drawing together. How sweet! You go Jan and Stan Berenstain!

So if you've never read this book it's about Brother Bear and how he gets in a box and is put on his fathers truck going into town. He proceeds to get turned around in the box and the box turns over and he is outside, hence the title, "Inside, outside, upside down".

I feel like this sometimes. That I live my life inside a box, outside and upside down. I often limit God to my box, when his limitlessness (okay probably not a word) is outside the box therefore my life seems upside down. As I was doing my Bible study tonight a significant line read, "Our temptation is to humanize God" (Beth Moore, Breaking Free). I had to ask myself in how many areas of my life do I limit God by expecting him to be human with human responses. I am challenging myself to seek God on this and pray that he would show me into every area where I put limits on him and that he would show me how to take the limits off......

John 3:31
The one who comes from above is above all; the one who is from the earth belongs to the earth and speaks as one from the earth.