September 4, 2011

• {He.thinks of me}
  
  the sunset tonight was breathtaking.
  the kind that makes you stand long. staring. marveling.
  lines of reds and shades of yellows, with these splashes of burnt orange between.
  and i watched until their vibrance faded down into the shadowed treeline.
  
  reminded me of those crafts i used to do as a kid where we’d melt the crayons between wax paper-
  somehow creating this glorious collage of colors. like a rainbow pulled straight and stretched out. that was the sky.
  
  and i wonder when i see things like that …
  did God think about what He wanted the sky to look like tonight?
  did He personally pick out every color to put on display?
  like how i would carefully decide on each color for my wax paper craft?
  “I think I’ll take some red, and a bit of yellow here, and throw some orange in right there…”
  did He smile when He saw it? when He saw me looking?
  did He think to Himself, “I knew she’d like that…”

  
  
  
  
  
  a few of the sunsets over the months.
  
  and i found myself smiling back at the fading lights in the sky at the thought…
  the thought that He thinks of me.
  
  and i want to grab that thought, and carry it into this upcoming week~

  a week where already, as i think ahead of the changes and challenges, and even every day sort of stuff..
  i feel my heart wanting to cave inside and get overwhelmed.

  but when i remember, He thinks of me. in it all. in whatever it is.
  though it doesn’t change my circumstances, necessarily. it sure changes my perspective.

  i’m not just here on my own, muddling through. trying to get by best i can.
  no. i have a God that created me and delights in me and puts glorious sunsets in the sky just for me!
  He’s thinking of me. {and you!} always. always.
  
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  we sang this song in church today and i lovelove the words.
  and the authenticity of this version is so great too -
  not spectacular musicality or performance, but pure worship!

  “my name is graven on His hands,
  my name is written on His heart.”

  ****

  any song or verse, or perhaps thought on your heart as you head into this new week?
  would enjoy hearing if you’d care to share in the comments~

  it would be fun to turn this post into a big praise session of His goodness.
  just to be a community of encouragers for those who might stop in to read!

  so grateful for each.of.you that show up here. truly!
  
  
  
   
  

  
  

  

  happy first week of september.. and all that means for many of us!
  hello school.
  hello routine.
  hello change.

  hello getting up in the morning before nine!!!
  {who, me, not a morning person?? nah..never!}

  ·´¸.·¨) ¸.·¨)
  (¸.·´ (¸.·´ (¸.·¨¯`♥ amber

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