World small. God big

It's so funny (ironic might be a better word) that I express my feelings about God finding enjoyment in "showing off" for us, but I think that- correction: come to realize that- I don't really believe it. Well, I don't act like it any way... My Paw paw taught my mama that "you do what you want to do" meaning actions speak louder than words/walk the walk/ among others...

All the babble to say... God showed off for me. In my funny Biology class, God showed off for me! He cares about ME! How awe-some. I feel special and important. And I'm so excited to show Him to the others in my class. I'm so excited to know that even before Adam was brought to a beautiful garden and before God made the sky, He thought about me leaving college to marry the one my heart loves, begin and complete our melodious little family, and then come back to school on a whim and be in exactly the class I'm in, with exactly the teacher I have with exactly the people He wanted to touch through my sinful, discusting, wretched, saved, redeemed, loved and mercied.... self. How wonderful.

I will love the Lord with all my heart with all my soul with all my mind... with all my strength.

*I got to sing to the Lord last night with my surrogate big sister and a close friend from high school. At the same time a very new, amazing friend was laboring to bring her husband's first son into the world. We were all worshipping God together.
The song said "sing all you want to. But, don't get me wrong; worship is more than a song." It was stuck in my head all day. I keep thinking about it- and it was so COOL explaining it to Josiah- that I DO I DO I DO love to sing to the Lord (stop laughing. I know you think it's aweful! But God Almighty thinks it sounds like Celine Dion!) but it was so nice being reminded that yes, sing all you want to. Freaking sing!!! All the time, if you must! But worship is more than just that. I think (a friend of my mom's will have to let me borrow a quote) that a huge portion of worship is looking at the same thing as everyone else, but seeing God's hand in its place.