The Little Things

It seems like it's always the simplest things that strike my heart the deepest.

This morning my heart is humming with gratitude for His friendship, for being called His son. I am so thankful for His enduring grace, but this morning I'm really thankful that He didn't just give us grace and mercy and walk away. That alone is a gift we could never deserve, but He didn't even stop there, He gave us Himself, He gave us friendship with God.
It would enough that He saved us, but He cares about the stuff that even I find myself feeling dumb for caring about.

I LOVE that!

I love the times when you can see the active hand of God in the little details of things that you didn't realize you cared about. Or sometimes I'll feel like I've prayed about something from every possible angle, so that there is nothing I haven't prayed about or asked for in a given situation, and then He'll go and do something small and delightful that I could never have even conceived of! It blows my heart into a million pieces to see the creativity and tenderness that goes into gifting us those moments! (I wonder if does that stuff because He knows I'm a feeler and that it stirs my heart like crazy? Also, I wonder if most people notice those little things or if they would attribute them to God wooing them?)

           I think I always tend to feel a certain amount of guilt (or maybe that's not the right word) when I find myself concerned with my life here on earth. I often feel like I'm not supposed to care. I should be focused on eternity, focused on the big picture, I shouldn't worry about my comfort or my desires so much because that's not my purpose here. I need to focus on things of eternal significance. I feel that weight so much that a lot of times I feel guilty and unfocused when I'm concerned about temporal things here.

  (And that's probably good to an extent though, because my heart is like cookie monster sometimes, it's a crazy person and just wants what it wants, regardless of logic. So I thank God for a bit of gravity in my thinking!)

       But days like today, it's overwhelming to see Him play an active role in the little things in my life that show me that He loves me so deeply that even my little quirks, preferences, and silly desires matter to Him. Often I feel like they shouldn't even matter to me, but He takes the time to show me that they matter to Him! I find so much freedom in the experience of a love that deep! He never ceases to amaze me and blow my mind.

yeah. that's all. have a swell day! drink some Pepsi!