Showing posts with label Blessing. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Blessing. Show all posts

Thursday, February 17, 2011

Things I love

I've gotten to sleep almost all day today, it's been amazing, except the fact that I'm sick-ish. I decided to put the doctor off til tomorrow though, so I'll see how I feel in the morning. This is just a random post-a little about me, I suppose. I love the little things in life. You know what I'm talking about, the little joys. The small things that no one seems to notice, but that make you smile and happy inside. I love those things; to me, they make life more exciting. They're like mini-blessings that God gives us to show us little pieces of His love and to glimpses happiness.
-taye



I love...

...thinking back to the moment you met someone who is now a major part of your life

...bubbles

...the moment of butterflies right before I step onstage

...watching the clouds move

...when cashiers are really friendly

...when strangers hold the door open

...waking up to a text message

...pinky promises with little kids

...rainy days

...when people talk to me first, because it means they were thinking about me

...seeing flowers randomly growing on the side of the road

...driving through a yellow light

...texting until late at night

...the way that Starbucks smells

...drinking out of a straw

...learning significant life lessons from a tv show

...laughing so hard you can't speak

...when you say the same exact thing as someone else at the same exact time

...predictable romantic comedies

...driving with the sunroof down in the summertime

...eating the marshmallows off the top of hot chocolate

...having more fun than the kids I'm babysitting

...standing perfectly still on an escalator, none of that walking crap

...revolving doors

...looking at the clock right as it turns midnight

...finding the big and little dippers in the night sky

...the moment you finally know every word to a song

...skipping the very last stair

...eating something you cooked yourself

...seeing old couples holding hands

...crazy headbands

...taking the first sip of coffee in the morning

...long hugs

...the perfect pair of pointe shoes

...when someone tells you how you make them feel

...handwritten letters, even if the handwriting is bad

...stickers, preferably ones with glitter

...seeing a facebook notification pop up

...fuzzy socks

...having a conversation with a friend that if anyone else was listening they would have no idea what you're talking about

...swinging on the playground

...hugs from little kids

...sitting in people's laps

...getting out of the car after a long trip

...when the ChickfilA workers say "My pleasure"

...the memory that comes to mind when you look at a picture

...drinking water when you're really thirsty

...finding applications to the gospel in random life situations

...watching a movie and being able to quote nearly every line

...late night discussions with best friends

...unique, weird animals

...candlelight bubble baths

...warm blankets

...watching classic disney movies when I'm sick

...balloons shaped like animals

...a giant glass of Milo's sweet tea in the summertime

...crunchy peanut butter

Thursday, January 20, 2011

Lord, I love so many things...

Oh goodness. God just continues to show me so much; so much that it's a little overwhelming at times. I had a really rough day yesterday, but once I sat down last night and just starting thinking and praying about what made it rough, I realized that it was just one of the many things that distract me from getting closer to God...and that just maybe that was why He was allowing it to fizzle. When I was at Passion, I bought Tenth Avenue North's latest CD...wow. But there is one song in particular that really hit me yesterday in light of what was going on: "All the Pretty Things"
-taye


Look at all the pretty things that take my heart away


We are, we are, we're caught in the in between
Of who we already are and who we are yet to be
And we're looking for love but finding we're still in need
It's only what we have lost will we be allowed to keep

And we're waiting but our eyes are wandering
To all this earth holds dear

Look at all the pretty things
That steal my heart away
I can feel I'm fading
'Cause Lord I love so many things
That keep me from Your face
Come and save me

We run we run to finally be set free
But we're fighting fighting for what we've already received

So we're waiting but our eyes are wandering
To all this earth holds dear

Look at all the pretty things
That steal my heart away
I can feel I'm fading
'Cause Lord I love so many things
That keep me from Your face
Come and save me

We are we are caught in the in between
But we're fighting for what we already have received
We are we are caught in the in between
But we're fighting for what we already have received


Look at all the pretty things
That steal my heart away
I can feel I'm fading
'Cause Lord I love so many things
That keep me from Your face
Come and save me


Huh. After rereading those lyrics it's like someone just punched me in the stomach. It is crazy how much I get distracted and off course by "all the pretty things" this world tries to offer me instead of Christ. When I accept those things and get focused more on them than I am on God, that is when I start to fade. I feel it now though, the fading of my heart. I see how much even the things that my mind sometimes disguises as blessing from God distract me, and how though they may have been a brief blessing from God, how much heart latched on and did not want to let go, so God has to defuse those things in order for my heart to reattach itself to Him.
A dear friend sent me a simple text message this morning: "Psalm 46" was all that it said, but it was exactly what I needed this morning. I love how God encourages us and restores us through other people, it is so beautiful.

"God is our refuge and strength,
a very present help in trouble.
Therefore we will not fear though the earth gives way,
though the mountains be moved into the heart of the sea,
though its waters roar and foam,
though the mountains tremble at its swelling...
Be still, and know that I am God."

Psalm 46:1-3,10a ESV