You're the One!

Flipping through channels last night, I  watched part of a show called "Miami Ink". It's about a Miami tattoo parlor and the people who work there. Actually it's more about the customers who come in and get specific tattoos for specific reasons. Like they get someone's name cause they died and they want to remember them. But the one I saw was about this man who wanted a tattoo that would remind himself of the struggles he faced in his past with drug addictions. He ended up getting these skulls of flame that represented the "hell" he went through. But some of the skulls had wings that represented his coming out of the addiction. I thought it was pretty cool lookin' myself :)

But he claimed that he couldn't have done it (not get the tatto, silly) with out God's help.

Later in the show, the owner was talking to the (camera) audience about the guy and said something like, "Thinking that God helped you and all is great... but you gotta give yourself credit. You're the one who gets yourself back up. Give yourself a pat on the back."

In Nehemiah 9 the Israelites remind us that God is our provider. He takes care of his children.
God, You're the one!   

 5-6 Blessed be your glorious name,
   exalted above all blessing and praise! You're the one,
   God, you alone; You made the heavens,
   the heavens of heavens, and all angels; The earth and everything on it,
   the seas and everything in them; You keep them all alive;
   heaven's angels worship you!

It goes on to list all the things God did for his children even when they turned their backs. We all turn our backs sometimes and it's great to know we can turn right back around and He's standing their with arms wide open for us to come home to Him.

I'm thankful for a God that's real. A God who by the sound of his voice created the universe. And especially, a God who loves me more than I could ever imagine.