If you know me at all, you know the answer to this question.
Q. If you could spend time with one person and learn something from them, who would it be?
A. Michael Jackson; learning how to dance so fluidly.
I had such great admiration for Michael's talent, it breaks my heart that he died so suddenly. I'll admit, I've spent some time praying for Michael and making jokes about getting dance lessons from him in heaven. I've always had such great compassion for this man, as I recognize that all personal decisions came from a place of deep pain.
So, whenever they build a memorial for MJ, tell me and I'll show up there soon and saddened.
To you, King of Pop, R.I.P.
Friday, June 26, 2009
Saturday, June 20, 2009
Really, its not a facade!
Psalm 63 has been whirling about in my brain over the past two weeks.
O God, You are my God
Earnestly I seek you
My soul thirsts for you
My body longs for you
In a dry and weary land where there is no water.
Truly, genuinely, I can say that I have come to a place in my life where saying that "God is all I want!" is truth. I am a poor example daily by some of the things I choose to indulge in over enjoying His marvelous love, and that irks me to no end. But I hope always that what truly steers me would come to the surface. And for me that is knowing and enjoying Him.
It's been a theme lately in my life that almost every woman around me says something to me about either dating or marriage. Did I tack a sign on my back, walk away and forget about it? I mean, really, do I seem that sad about being single? Because, in all honesty, the reverse is true!
But even today, during a bridal shower, when comments about being set up were brought up twice in a two-hour period, I could only smile as I picked at my cake. Because all I thought to myself was, "God, you're funny! This always happens when I am completely content being single. Always!" I like this place, and it's taken quite some time to get here.
All I really want, truly and deeply is to figure out how in the world to continually be fascinated by who God is. That, and to become a lot less self-driven, self-centered, and self-indulgent! Gah...there's so much to learn! Why rush through this? I recognize that this season of my life is special and passing. The season of being undistracted in the pursuit of Him will come to an end, and realistically, probably sooner than I anticipate. So while I have this time, I want to get a few things figured out. And primary among those things is how to maintain the zeal the Lord tells us we should never lose.
There's much about being married I look forward to, but none of it falls along the lines of finding completeness in that other fallen being. I know already the fallacy of that belief! I look forward to having children I can raise to love the Lord and to relate to each other and the world in healthy, encouraging ways. And that time will come, but I will not rush it. He does make everything beautiful in its time (Ecc. 3:11).
Because today, this season, I want to learn how to thoroughly enjoy the God who made everything that is good and right with us and with His world.
O God, You are my God
Earnestly I seek you
My soul thirsts for you
My body longs for you
In a dry and weary land where there is no water.
Truly, genuinely, I can say that I have come to a place in my life where saying that "God is all I want!" is truth. I am a poor example daily by some of the things I choose to indulge in over enjoying His marvelous love, and that irks me to no end. But I hope always that what truly steers me would come to the surface. And for me that is knowing and enjoying Him.
It's been a theme lately in my life that almost every woman around me says something to me about either dating or marriage. Did I tack a sign on my back, walk away and forget about it? I mean, really, do I seem that sad about being single? Because, in all honesty, the reverse is true!
But even today, during a bridal shower, when comments about being set up were brought up twice in a two-hour period, I could only smile as I picked at my cake. Because all I thought to myself was, "God, you're funny! This always happens when I am completely content being single. Always!" I like this place, and it's taken quite some time to get here.
All I really want, truly and deeply is to figure out how in the world to continually be fascinated by who God is. That, and to become a lot less self-driven, self-centered, and self-indulgent! Gah...there's so much to learn! Why rush through this? I recognize that this season of my life is special and passing. The season of being undistracted in the pursuit of Him will come to an end, and realistically, probably sooner than I anticipate. So while I have this time, I want to get a few things figured out. And primary among those things is how to maintain the zeal the Lord tells us we should never lose.
There's much about being married I look forward to, but none of it falls along the lines of finding completeness in that other fallen being. I know already the fallacy of that belief! I look forward to having children I can raise to love the Lord and to relate to each other and the world in healthy, encouraging ways. And that time will come, but I will not rush it. He does make everything beautiful in its time (Ecc. 3:11).
Because today, this season, I want to learn how to thoroughly enjoy the God who made everything that is good and right with us and with His world.
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