Today...here I am.

Today we hung out with the Roberts (for the second time in 2 weeks!!!), and went hiking...and it turned out to be a beautiful day just as I predicted. I feel like posting (part of) this song again (by Rebecca St.James and co.), because it goes with my thoughts of the day: Expressions of Your Love A symphony of color Painted on a western sky The thunder roars and the rain it falls Over fields, over streams, over us, You're over us... CHORUS: Expressions of Your glory Expressions of Your heart In all You are You speak to us Expressions of Your love Just seeing all of the beauty that God has made...the sun shining through the trees, a waterfall tumbling to the rocks below, a fern - so green...so full of life...so wonderfully made, the river bringing refreshing coolness...and God said, "It is good." This wasn't going to be a deep post...I just wanted to let you know that I'm still here...that I'm back from working....share a few random things...and say that I'm SO happy! :D Why? Just because! (Oh...and a "real" post will soon follow.) Lets see...what other random things can I share...? 1.) My new favorite poem is "The Road Not Taken" by Robert Frost: Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both And be one traveler, long I stood And looked down one as far as I could To where it bent in the undergrowth. Then took the other, as just as fair, And having perhaps the better claim, Because it was grassy and wanted wear; Though as for that the passing there Had worn them really about the same. And both that morning equally lay In leaves no step had trodden black. Oh, I kept the first for another day! Yet knowing how way leads on to way, I doubted if I should ever come back. I shall be telling this with a sigh Somewhere ages and ages hence: Two roads diverged in a wood, and I-- I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference. 2.) I made a feeble attempt at writing a song a month or so ago: Voyage When the waves toss me through the sea You're the hands beneath my ship Though I can't see them They're always there You're always there You are the lighthouse, showing me the way Through the stormy seas I know I'm safe - I'm safe When your light is there to guide me -CHORUS- Show me the way Lord, keep me safe, give me the peace that passes understanding... I cannot do this alone. - You are the North Star - you never change Giving me clear direction Every night With your light You are there Oh, you guide me like a rudder I gather your breath in my sail And the mast of your grace Holds me together. You hold me. (CHORUS) -Bridge- You surround me like the sea Further than my eyes can see And when I think of you My heart is filled with wonder And I fall to my knees... 3.) I wrote a random...un-poem the other day: O Lord, I adore you! May the rhythm of your heart-beat Be the rhythm of my life. May the whispers of your love for me Be all that fills my ears. May the touch of your hand Calm every tempest in me... and may my heart...oh, may it beat for you alone. Every breath that I take I'm breathing in your glory. Every step that I take Is a step you already took. All I long to do Is stand in the shadow of your cross... To look up, and see you Looking down at me. All I want to do Is follow in your footsteps, To place my hand in yours, To listen to your heart-beat... And be overwhelmed - in awe of who you are. You spun the universe into motion, You were here before time, And you'll reign forever... And yet, you came to earth. You felt my hurts. You took my sins. The Lord of All... And yet, you live in my heart. You died for my sins...and yet, you live in my heart.