Be Still & Blog.... already.

"Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, with thankfulness in your hearts to God.  Col. 3:16   This was part of a passage in a sweet friends wedding homily this past weekend, and one that I have been thinking of a lot over the past several weeks. I have found myself singing A LOT in recent months.... sorry to those of you who have heard me... joyful noises people. Joyful noises...   Sometimes I'm working, sometimes I'm on a walk, in the car, or getting ready for bed. One day I was thinking about the why---Why has singing hymns or other worship songs been a significant part life lately? Why do I want to make this a habit? Sometimes I've even forced myself to start singing. Yes-- made a conscious effort to sing out loud, and other times I just kind of started singing without realizing it.  But I learned that when I am singing His truth---out loud-- i...

Car seats ready. One little one buckled, but the other is still trying to learn. Untwisting the car seat arms...   "one arm, two arms, do you want me to help?".. "I can do it" she says. And so I wait. Yes, we were in a time crunch, and yes, it would have been more efficient for me to just buckle everything for her.   She struggled but she kept persevering… until she got it. And there were moments as we went in and out of the car that she needed me. But she didn't give up. She wanted to learn. She needed to learn. As I waited each time thinking about how easy it would have been for me to help her--- He reminded me that His kingdom isn't about efficiency. And then instead of anxiously waiting for the buckles to be done… I soaked it in as this sweet one floundered, persevered, grew. I was able to rejoice with her as each buckle was fastened (there seemed to be soo many), and a smile of triumph swept across her face with each victory! I found myself chee...