Beautiful

Don't know how it is you looked at me

And saw the person that i could be

Awakening my heart

Breaking through the dark

Suddenly Your grace

 

Now there's a joy inside i can't contain

But even perfect days can end in rain

And though it's pourin' down

I see You through the clouds

Shining on my face

 

I have come undone  
But i have just begun  
Changing by Your grace

 

Like sunlight burning at midnight  
Making my life something so

Beautiful, Beautiful

Mercy reaching to save me

All that I need

You are so

Beautiful, Beautiful

Beautiful, Beautiful

~Francesca Battistelli~

Some (emphasis on the some) of the leafs here are finally changing colors.  Most of the leaves here in TX turn brown and stay on the tree until next spring when the new leaves finally push them off the branches.  (It doesn't get cold enough for all of the trees to change colors or for the leaves to fall off.)  However, a very few trees do turn colors.  I think that there are about 5 very small trees between here and school that are a brilliant red.  God truly did a wonder when he created leaves and their colors...even though I would much rather be in the middle of the plains without a tree in sight.  I'm looking forward to the next time we go to OK when I finally get to see a good sunset without all of these trees in the way.  I miss those.

It was a good day today. It seems to me that when I can feel God with me everything is sooo much more vibrant and beautiful.  Maybe it's just that I need an attitude adjustment and need to stop thinking about me so much!!  Whichever.  This song just reminded me of that tonight.  Some days I feel like I could just explode with the joy and wonder of God and His creation!!!

Make a joyful shout to the LORD, all you lands! 

Serve the LORD with gladness;

Come before His presence with singing.
Know that the LORD, He is God;
It is He who has made us, and not we ourselves;
We are His people and the sheep of His pasture.    

Enter into His gates with thanksgiving,
And into His courts with praise.  
Be thankful to Him, and bless His name.

For the LORD is good;
His mercy is everlasting,  
And His truth endures to all generations.

~Psalm 100~