And I will seek Your face, call upon Your name
Jesus, all I want is you, Jesus.--------------------------
It has already been a massively productive day, and I've only been away for about an hour and a half.
I woke up from a self-induced Nyquil coma about ten minutes before my alarm clock went off- Don't worry, I just read far too late into the night and got a little insomnicatic (yep, just made that word up, a derivative/adjective form of 'one who suffers from insomnia'). I know I probably shouldn't admit that, but whatever. Anyway, when my alarm clock finally does go off, I realize that it is the BEST alarm EVER. It is Gungor's song, "The Earth Is Yours"- go listen to it. The sound of melodies has continued to fill my morning :).
Anyway, I got up, went straight into getting ready for the day. As I was getting ready, my dad called... it's about 7:45AM. I answer the phone, and the first thing I hear is, "Did I wake you up?!" Now the thing about my dad is, he wouldn't really care if he woke me up :). He has this thing... ever since I left for college, he always wakes me up- from the night's sleep, or from a nap. I've gotten into the habit of calling him BEFORE I take a nap JUST to tell him that I'm exhausted and really would appreciate it if he didn't call unless it was an emergency... and that I would call him when I woke up. Anyway, he was just thinking about me on the way to work and wanted to call me. Now, how sweet is that? I love my daddy. Any man of mine has some big shoes to fill when it comes to loving me. Fortunately for him, I was awake and moving. I didn't get much sleep last night, but I guess God's special favor is on me a little more this morning :). /ramble
I finished getting ready- have on a *pretty* cute outfit on today (that fits), and having a decent hair day despite the mess of curls that I woke up with :/ which generally makes a woman feel good about her day. Have had at least 24oz of water this morning... not sure why. I also made some pretty amazing scrambled eggs- with swiss cheese, broccoli, and tomato. That's right, be jealous. Really, those were the only ingredients left in my refrigerator.
I also think a lot when I'm getting ready in the morning. Some people pray and think when they run, drive, or something... I find that I do that kind of stuff when I am getting ready to go somewhere. I had a surge of creativity and organization, and came up with three different agendas for the week. I have a ton of work to do this week, and I'm super excited about it... and I haven't even had coffee yet today.
Over the next couple of weeks we are talking about generosity in church- generosity based on 2 Cor. 8:7. This is an amazing passage. It's in your face, it's unavoidable. Basically, Paul is telling the church of Corinth that 'just as you excel in everything- I want you to excel in being generous.' Last night, I met with some absolutely wonderful people and awesome worship planners. They love God, they love Isle of Hope UMC, they love, in general. We shared stories, we laughed, and cried. It was longer than I planned for, but I would spend most of my time with that small group of people if I could, anyway. We thought about generosity and how it plays into the ultimate story of God and man. How are we affected by the generosity of others? How are WE generous? How do we view our money/God's gifts monetarily? Generosity is something that you LIVE. In what ways can we bring this abstract idea of 'generosity' into very tangible and practicable terms? In what ways have YOU experienced God working in your life, and also in the lives of others with respect to generosity? Think about it. Talk to God about it. Keeping in mind that God is the ultimate example of generosity- generously giving his Son, who gave his life so that we may receive freedom and the ability to live (hm, drawing parallels here)--how can you be more generous in this life?
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I think there is nothing ironic about the fact that this weekend while at Fall Retreat at Camp Suwannee, Justin Heap talked about the song "Death In His Grave" by John Mark MCmillan, and as I close this portion of writing, it just started playing. :D.
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Challenging day. I love it. It's stretching, which means making room to grow... to what end? I just don't know. Look at me, I should write songs- until then, here is one I love:
"If my heart has one ambition
If my soul one goal to seek
This my solitary vision
'Til I only dwell in Thee
That I only dwell in Thee
Until I only dwell in Thee."
-Brooke Fraser, "Hymn"
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"Freely You gave your life for us, surrendered it all upon that cross. Great is the love poured out for us, this is our God."
Here is that in your face reality I was talking about earlier.
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I would get a ridiculous urge to work out at 11PM. Too bad I'm eating chicken nuggets instead. I didn't have honey, so I'm eating them with syrup like you would chicken and waffles...
I am like Buddy The Elf. I can probably eat syrup on anything.
♥ Lindsay
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