Life is Good

Life is good, when I really sit down and think about it. I'm a huge fan of lists so...

1. My family is AMAZING. We've been through some rough times in the past few months but things have calmed down and I can honestly say that I adore my family...today, we went out to lunch and just having the five of us together was great.


2. Friends. This list is so cliche, but really. I have a few friends that I can talk to about ANYTHING and I mean anything. I love these "soul friends" that this quote applies to...

*Oh, the comfort - the inexpressible comfort of feeling safe with a person - having neither to weigh thoughts nor measure words, but pouring them all right out, just as they are, chaff and grain together; certain that a faithful hand will take and sift them, keep what is worth keeping, and then with the breath of kindness blow the rest away.*
- Dinah Craik

I'm starting to realize what a blessing it is to have people that I can completely be myself around without having to worry about what they might think.



3. My Josh:) ... He's really become my best friend (well, one of them)...we can talk for hours about everything under the sun and anyone that can put up with my stubborn self deserves some recognition. hahaha. The boy makes me plain giddy.




4. It's obvious...I blog about my church all the time but I honestly LOVE IT! I feel His presence almost every week when I walk into the sanctuary and I'm so thankful that God blesses me in such magnitude every week.




5. I try to pretend that work makes me happy, but really....I'm happy when a customer is nice to me and appreciative (which is rare) and when I get that paycheck every other Wednesday.


6. I also pretend that it's okay that I don't see some of my favorite people over the summer very much, but it's not and I miss them a LOT!!!

This post is so all over the place, but I'm just feelin' grateful tonight!:)

Let It Him Be...

I just wanted to take a few minutes to share my thoughts on one of my new favorite songs. It's by Addison Road, and it's titled "What do I Know of Holy?" Here's the link; check it out if you have a few minutes.

I made You promises a thousand times
I tried to hear from Heaven
But I talked the whole time
I think I made You too small
I never feared You at all No
If You touched my face would I know You?
Looked into my eyes could I behold You?

What do I know of You
Who spoke me into motion?
Where have I even stood
But the shore along Your ocean?
Are You fire? Are You fury?
Are You sacred? Are You beautiful?
What do I know? What do I know of Holy?

I guess I thought that I had figured You out
I knew all the stories and I learned to talk about
How You were mighty to save
Those were only empty words on a page
Then I caught a glimpse of who You might be
The slightest hint of You brought me down to my knees

What do I know of Holy?
What do I know of wounds that will heal my shame?
And a God who gave life "its" name?
What do I know of Holy?
Of the One who the angels praise?
All creation knows Your name
On earth and heaven above
What do I know of this love?

I bolded (not so sure that's a word) & italicized the parts that really stuck out to me. This song is SO perfect for me for so many reasons. First of all, I think this song helps highlight a major problem with Christianity today. We work so hard to figure out the how's and why's of our magnificent God when we should be beholding His glory. It is SO HARD for us to have faith in things we cannot see. WE like to be in control. Accepting that God is mighty and Holy and perfect scares us, because we know we aren't that way. In my opinion,this is a large reason why we spend much of our religious energy fighting over various dogmas about God and issues surrounding the church. We just don't want to admit that there is Someone out there who knows us a million times better than we know ourselves, and that maybe, just maybe, the things we argue about don't even really matter.

Finally, the writers of this song must have gotten into my head before they wrote it because I am guilty of sooo many things mentioned within these amazing lyrics. I agonize over figuring out what I'm called to do for the rest of my life, but I don't stop to listen for what might be revealed to me. Sometimes, I even think of God as trivial in my busy schedule. I can master the "God-talk." I can tell Bible stories until I am black and blue in the face. But what is talk without really and truly knowing and experiencing what you are talking about?

From now on, I am making a conscious effort to experience God for who He is. I think I can be a part of many amazing things if I just let Him be.