i seem to always have songs playing in my head these days.
this is the one this moment.
much pain, but much joy.
choosing joy today. and remembering moments of joy the last couple days...
levi cuddling with me after his nap (and me not taking a shower that day until 7 pm when the kids were taking their baths/showers! loved that!)
making snickerdoodles with rebekah after school. recipe written in grandma's handwriting and kept in rebekah's recipe box. just me and her.
playing (and winning! 10-4) a soccer game with joshua in the front yard the other afternoon. LOVING these "no outside activity" afternoons!
meeting a friend for a 6.6 mile run after back to school night last night. she is training for a ragnar race (that i was going to do...before our family grew!) this was the sky as i drove to meet her. glorious!
tragedy has fallen on friend's. it's horrific. but walking through it with friends. getting to talk to those dearest to my heart when i normally wouldn't. knowing HE is holding them when we can't? this is all glorious. not happy. but filled with HIS Glory.
5:30 one evening. i was done.
but determined not to show it. i put
amazing grace on repeat. and lay down on my back on the family room floor. i was PRESENT. no one else was around.
it was all grace what happened. sawyer came from nowhere and asked to do "the airplane" (you know...they get on your knees/feet and you fly them up in the air...) so i did. we laughed. then levi came. we did it, too. he was scared the first second...then LOVED it! then came lincoln...he was HEAVY! his smile is awesome. my legs needed a little break. then came bailey. she didn't need the airplane. she just needed to lay on top of me and melt into me. i felt it. nothing else like it. my girl that needs my touch...i fail in that so often. she never complains. and is just GLAD to receive it when i give it.
..."like a flood His mercy reigns"...amen. amazing grace.
press on...
8 comments:
Yes. That is it. Press on. And laugh. When my dudes walked through the Emergency Door at Old Navy this week. Sirens, blaring. I said. Neat. So that is what today will bring. Ok.
Profound, deep, simple.....in your weakness He is strong. Your kids saw it. You were still....they came....even in your weariness He made good of it. Yes, THAT sunset was unreal. I could see IT behind the trees so I walked until I could really SEE it. It was beyond measure gorgeous. God's simple touch....of beauty and grace. LOVED this post. Real....and simple. Touching.
Have you heard of Mike Rimmey? He is a christian singer and he has a song "Joy Comes in the Morning" He's a friend of ours and has an awesome CD out. I think you would like it. I have mine on repeat in the car. Funny thing was he was in our wedding and at the time working on this cd and never said a word to anyone. We were shocked!! Had we known he would have sang at our wedding!
thank you.
I love this post. Because it shows who you are and shows who HE is. His grace is sufficient for us.
Love your dependence on God, the Only Sustainer, Lover, Healer, Comforter. He is mighty to save!
Your title reminds me of a song that I am currently listening to over and over again. Its called This is Grace by Matt Hamitt. You really should check it out.
Your title reminds me of a song that I am currently listening to over and over again. Its called This is Grace by Matt Hammitt. You really should check it out.
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