Spring has been beautiful this year. Maybe I'm not used to seeing it on such a grand scale anymore, as I was in GA last year and in the city the 4 years before that. Maybe this is the first midatlantic spring I've gotten to see since I've known God and His fingerprints. It's just amazing to see everything coming back to life after a long winter, and so refreshing to get out in the sunshine again after the cold and the rain. Spring is glorious, in the true sense of the word: give-God-the-glory-ous.
I recently finished reading "Searching for God Knows What" by Donald Miller. What I appreciated most about that book was the author's emphasis on God's passion for a relationship with us, and that it's real - not just something to make us feel better. It's hard to explain, but it does make relationship with God far more tangible and important, and less formulaic.
One last thing, I've been listening this week to Lifehouse, and find a crazy amount of hope in this song, particularly with a still-hazy future in Atlanta:
How long have I been in this storm,
so overwhelmed by the ocean's shapeless form?
Water's getting harder to tread
with these waves crashing over my head.
If I could just see You,
everything would be alright.
If I'd see You,
this darkness would turn to light.
And I will walk on water,
And You will catch me if I fall.
And I will get lost into Your eyes,
and everything will be alright.
and everything will be alright.
I know you didn't bring me out here to drown,
So why am I ten feet under and upside down?
Barely surviving has become my purpose
'cause I'm so used to living underneath the surface.
If I could just see You,
everything would be alright.
If I see You,
this darkness will turn to light.
And I will walk on water,
And You will catch me if I fall.
and I will get lost into Your eyes,
and everything will be alright.
