10/16/10

So...

So...
my life has changed.
never to be the same.
check this off the list.
God has granted me my wish.

So...
it's a boy!
A son.
A buddy.
A pal.
What do I do with a boy?

So...
it is finished,
labor, delivery
I survived it,
even a surgery.

So...
sorry I couldn't deliver you
yet, God delivered you
For months, 9, you were
safe
protected
cared for
loved
growing
stretching
breathing
sleeping

So...
now here you are
in my arms
safe
protected
cared for
loved
growing
stretching
breathing
sleeping

So tiny (lips, fingers, toes, eyelashes, arms, legs, knees, ears, and even fingernails)
So small
So helpless
So bald!
So precious
So priceless
So breakable
So weightless

So....
beautiful,
wonderful,
amazing,
exhilerating,
remarkable 
startling,
incrediable,
and miraculous.

So...
this is the one who had been kicking me.

So...
you sleep
you eat
you cry
you gaze
at me
You see
me
and I see
you.

So...
this is love.

10/4/10

Sing Over Me

From Bebo Norman's newest CD: Ocean

Find me
Where You can find me
So tired of hiding
Behind these songs

Take me
Where You will take me
Back to a place
I've known all along
The voice that calms the waves
Sing out
And call my name

Sing over me
Sing over me
Sing above the noise
That I've been making
And sing over me
Sing over me
All I've ever needed was to hear Your melody
All I've ever needed was to hear Your melody

Wake me
Come on and wake me
So tired of living
Like I'm asleep

And hold me
The way You hold me
How You unfold all this unbelief
The voice that calms the waves
Sing out
And call my name

Sing over me
Sing over me
Sing away the silence that is breaking
And sing over me
Sing over me
All I've needed is to hear Your melody
All I've needed is to hear Your melody

Sing out

Sing out

Sing out, my Love

Sing out

Sing out

Sing out, my Love

And sing out! Sing out!  Sing out, my Love!

And sing over me
Sing over me
Sing above noise that I've been making
And sing over me
And sing over me
All I've never needed was to hear Your melody!
 And sing over me
Sing over me
Sing away the silence that is breaking
And sing over me
Sing over me

Sometimes in the midst of a trial or hardship the only thing that we hear is hurt, pain, and discouragement.  Yet, God is there.  In our hearts, singing to us, drawing us close to Him.  Listen, He is there singing over you!

Zeph. 3:17
"The LORD your God is in your midst,
A victorious warrior
He will exult over you with joy,
He will be quiet in His love,
He will rejoice over you with joyful songs."

God's Goodness and Peace

The meek shall inherit the earth,
And shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace.
Psalm 37:11

I will listen to God the Lord.
He has ordered peace for those who worship Him.
Don't let them go back to foolishness.
God will soon save those who respect Him,
and His glory will be seen in our land.
Love and truth belong to God's people;
goodness and peace will be theirs.
On earth people will be loyal to God,
and God's goodness will shine down from heaven.
The Lord will give His goodness,
and the land will give its crops.
Goodness will go before God
and prepare the way for Him.
Psalm 85:8-9

Look at those who are honest and good,
for a wonderful future awaits those who love peace.
Psalm 37:37

What more do we seek in this life than goodness and peace? 
God is the source of it.

O Lord, thank you that You not only give us good things, You are good.  Thank You fora ll the good things You have given me, but of everything I have, You are my most valued possession.  I love You so much!  You are the source of peace in my life.  When I try to live my life without connecting to You, it all seems so empty.  Fill me with Your Spirit so that peace might reign in my life. Amen.

You Take Care of the Earth

You visit the earth and cause it to overflower;
You greatly enrich it;
The stream of God is full of water;
You prepare their grain, for thus You prepare the earth.
You water its furrows abundantly,
You settle its ridges,
You soften it with showers,
You bless its growth.
You have crowned the year with Your bounty,
And Your paths drip with fatness.
The pastures of the wilderness drip,
And the hills gird themselves with rejoicing.
The meadows are clothed with flocks
And the valleys are covered with grain;
They shout for joy, yes, they sing.
Psalm 65:9-13

Of old You laid the foundation of the earth,
And the heavens are the work of Your hands.
They will perish, but You will endure....
But You are the same,
And Your years will have no end.
Psalm 102:25-27

We hear that we, humans need to recycle to protect "mother earth." That we need to be "green" and more environmentally informed.  But really, God is in charge of the earth!  He controls the process that bring water, air, and food to us.  He manages the seasons and tides.  He is in charge of protecting the earth.  He created it.  Why wouldn't He take care of it?  Why wouldn't He protect it?  No more worrying about "global warming" or running out of natural resources.  God is taking care of His creation....and that means us as well!! 

Sacrifice of the Heart

I will offer sacrifices of joy in His tabernacle;
I will sing, yes, I will sing praises to the Lord.
Psalm 27:6

I will fulfill my vows to You, O God,
and will offer a sacrifice of thanks for Your help.
For You have rescued me from death;
You have kept my feet from slipping.
So now I can walk in Your presence, O God,
in Your life-giving light.
Psalm 56:12-13

O Lord, open my lips,
and my mouth will declare Your praise.
You do not delight in sacrifice, or I would bring it;
You do not take pleasure in burnt offerings.
The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit;
a broken and contrite heart,
O God, You will not despise.
Psalm 51:15-17

Lord, I know that I try to do things to show that I love You.
But You really want a heart that obeys, that finds thanks and joy in You.
Create in me a heart like that.
I want to long for you more.  I want to bent towards You.
I don't want to worry about what I do anymore.
I want to worry whether You and I are connected and in communion together.
Help me be connected to You
Today.
Amen.