The man in the moon still plays a piccolo.
For a moment, for a month, I had forgotten what it felt like to be happy.
I forgot that happiness consists in staring at a cross, filled with amazement and tearful joy that the God of the universe, a man named Jesus, crawled naked up onto that Cross for me.
I had forgotten.
Joy comes in the morning, joy comes with the realization, joy comes with the perfect blend of old words and new mercies. Amazing grace, how sweet the sound.
I count myself blessed. How many college students in the world come home after a 10 hour day of classes and leave the adult world behind at the door of a seven-year-old's bedroom? It felt good to leave all my burdens in my backpack, and put on my pajamas and hop on Jared's bed with him and pop a big bowl of popcorn and watch re-runs of America's Funniest Home Videos.
Is it wrong to love little things so much? Sometimes I feel that I would live and die for my silver pencil-sharpener of the Golden Gate Bridge, or my brightly colored San Francisco mug, my Amelie-inspired troll, or my dark blue Japanese tea cup. Yes, I love these things...but I mostly love what they all symbolize: life, a beautiful life.
And I love Henry V swishing his royal blue swirls right here on my desk, and the Two-Headed Boy who is growing silently as I type. Surely I am never alone.
The best days are when the Psalms roll off my tongue without effort and spring from my heart without thought.
"Whom have I in heaven but you? And earth has nothing I desire beside you."
"My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever."
"But as for me it is good to be near God."
"Earnestly I seek you, my soul longs for you in a dry and weary land where there is no water."
"By day the Lord directs my steps, at night his song is with me--a prayer to the God of my life."
"When can I go and meet with God?"
"The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want. He leads me in paths of righteousness for His name's sake."
"O Lord, for the sake of your name lead me and guide me."
"Find rest my soul in God alone."
"God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble."
"Some trust in chariots, and some trust in horses, but we trust in the name of the Lord our God!"
I forgot that happiness consists in staring at a cross, filled with amazement and tearful joy that the God of the universe, a man named Jesus, crawled naked up onto that Cross for me.
I had forgotten.
Joy comes in the morning, joy comes with the realization, joy comes with the perfect blend of old words and new mercies. Amazing grace, how sweet the sound.
I count myself blessed. How many college students in the world come home after a 10 hour day of classes and leave the adult world behind at the door of a seven-year-old's bedroom? It felt good to leave all my burdens in my backpack, and put on my pajamas and hop on Jared's bed with him and pop a big bowl of popcorn and watch re-runs of America's Funniest Home Videos.
Is it wrong to love little things so much? Sometimes I feel that I would live and die for my silver pencil-sharpener of the Golden Gate Bridge, or my brightly colored San Francisco mug, my Amelie-inspired troll, or my dark blue Japanese tea cup. Yes, I love these things...but I mostly love what they all symbolize: life, a beautiful life.
And I love Henry V swishing his royal blue swirls right here on my desk, and the Two-Headed Boy who is growing silently as I type. Surely I am never alone.
The best days are when the Psalms roll off my tongue without effort and spring from my heart without thought.
"Whom have I in heaven but you? And earth has nothing I desire beside you."
"My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever."
"But as for me it is good to be near God."
"Earnestly I seek you, my soul longs for you in a dry and weary land where there is no water."
"By day the Lord directs my steps, at night his song is with me--a prayer to the God of my life."
"When can I go and meet with God?"
"The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want. He leads me in paths of righteousness for His name's sake."
"O Lord, for the sake of your name lead me and guide me."
"Find rest my soul in God alone."
"God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble."
"Some trust in chariots, and some trust in horses, but we trust in the name of the Lord our God!"