The Little Things...
Anyone who keeps up regularly with me or this blog knows full well that it is the little things in life that get me all excited. Well, tonight was one of those nights!
Iowa is cold. After two years in Senegal and then two in SC, this is the first winter I've experienced in four years...and its not even winter yet! This morning as I left for work I was bemoaning the fact that I didn't have a hat to match my brown jacket and blue scarf...I got home from work this evening and lo and behold! There was this lovely blue hat waiting for me!
As you might recall, my French I class begins in six days...but who's counting! Tonight to my dismay, I discovered that Amazon was not going to be shipping my book for class until January...so, I had to make a run to B&N to pick up my book for class. If you've ever read the children's book, "If You Give a Mouse a Cookie", these next sentences will make sense to you. So I got my book and then thought, "Well, if I have a book, I'm going to need a notebook to take notes in." So Mom and I got that taken care of...and then I thought, "Well, if I have a notebook to take notes in, then I need some new fun colored pens to write with!"
It doesn't take much to get me excited...and with the way the last three months have worked out (or haven't worked out, depending on how we look at it!), then it's clear that it's the little things that have kept me going. :) Praise God for the little things...without them, I fear the state I would be in!
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11:21 PM
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...and speaking of giving praise to God, this song reminds me of you. enjoy.
Chris Rice Lyrics
And Your Praise Goes On
The moon is high and the sunset fades
The lullabies have all been sung
We’re tuckin’ in another day
And stars appear now one by one
But the stillness moves and the silence yields
And not a single beat is lost
You can hear the chorus in the fields
Taking up where we left off
And Your praise goes on, rising to Your throne
Where You guard us while we dream
Past the stars they fly, Your praises fill the sky
‘Til You wake us with the dawn
And Your praise goes on
Now bring your warmth, O morning sun
Chase the stars and the moon away
And wake us with your brightest song
And add our voice to your refrain
Now rise up everything that lives!
Flap your wings and leap for joy!
Oh forest lift your arms and sway!
Clap your hands you ocean waves!
And Your praise goes on, rising to Your throne
Where You bless our toil and play
Through the clouds they rise, Your praises fill the skies
‘Til the setting of the sun
And Your praise goes on
And when my final breath You lend
I’ll thank You for the life You gave
But that won’t mean the praises end
‘Cause I won’t be silenced by the grave!
And Your praise goes on
I’ll be runnin’ to Your throne
With every nation, tribe and tongue
To Your arms I’ll fly
I’ll gaze into Your eyes
Then I’ll know as I am known
And Your praise goes on
And Your praise goes on
And Your praise goes on
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Anonymous, at 4:14 PM
Okay, well, I get REALLY excited over new colorful pens and a new notebook and class to take, so I guess we're just a couple of nerds?!?!? Or, as Anne Shirley puts it, "a kindred spirit," or as Beth Moore puts it, "uncommon friends." Whatever you wanna call it, its US!
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The Vaughn Van Liews, at 2:07 PM
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