God's Beauty

This week has been long for me. I have been battling a nasty sinus infection, ear infections and a UTI. SO MUCH FUN! NOT!!! I have thought about my Uncle Bob a lot this week to. He died this past Sat. and today he was laid to rest. He was the oldest of my Dad's siblings. He was a wonderful cook and was a veteran of the US Army and played in his own band. He could make wonderful wooden toys of which my kids loved last year when they got to meet him for the first time. Little did we know that a year later he would be gone. But what is awesome is that before he died he was able to make amends with the Lord and accepted Him as his Savior. I write this because this week, my youngest brother Bryan and his wife, Amber and their two beautiful kids, Aiden and Kamiya traveled from Florida to Ohio for the funeral with my parents. I was told that Aiden was totally amazed at the colors of the trees. Mom told me that he was so excited and kept saying, wow look at the orange leaves, the red trees and the yellow ones. He was so excited to see God's creation! He is three years old and this was his first time seeing the fall colors. The excitement he must have had not only in his voice but his eyes. I can see them twinkle with excitement. To stomp and crunch through the leaves...what fun! I remember the first fall I spent in KY when I went to Morehead State University in the fall of `94. Oh the colors, sounds and smells of fall! I remember the excitement of raking the leaves, piling them high and having leaf fights! It was so much fun!

When my mom shared about Aiden's reaction to the leaves my very first thought was this: "If only we were excited about being in the presence of God as Aiden is about the colors of the leaves, we might actually hear from Heaven!"

We get excited about football games, new movies coming out, the holidays, music concerts and even the presidential election proved to excite people who never voted before. Yet, the one person we need to be the most excited about we don't even make time to spend with. Yet He sits and waits for us patiently.

Lately, it's all I have wanted, to spend more and more time in His presence. I need to hear His voice! I need Him to pour into me! I am in a place where it's not enough to read one scripture verse. I need more! I am so hungry for Him, His presence, His voice, His power, His touch! I just want to be with him. This song "Word of God Speak " by Mercy Me is my song right now. I get caught up in it when I hear it and sing my heart out. It's my prayer! In fact I posted the video to it in a previous post here. SO if you want to hear it just scroll down! If not pray the words of this song and make them your prayer today!

"Word of God Speak" by Mercy Me

I'm finding myself

at a loss for words

And the funny thing is

it's okay

The last thing

I need is

to be heard

But to hear what

You would say

Chorus:

Word of God speak

Would You pour down like rain

Washing my eyes to see

Your majesty

To be still and know

That You're in this place

Please let me stay and rest

In Your holiness

Word of God speak

I'm finding myself

in the midst of You

Beyond the music,

beyond the noise

All that I need

is to be with You

And in the quiet

hear Your voice

(Chorus 2x)

I'm finding myself

at a loss for words

And the funny thing

is it's okay