all too soon, things pass
Well, it's 1 AM and I'm tired, but I have to write. This past weekend, as I wrote before I was a little worried about how it would turn out, like my expectations were going to exceed the experience, but in fact the opposite happened. I don't think I could love a group of people more, and what joy to celebrate with them at the wedding! Yeah, it was just a sweet time of encouragement.
THEN, as if that wasn't enough, I got to go to the David Crowder/Shane & Shane concert. It was so great, although I have to say it, even, was a step down from the weekend. Maybe half a step, because of the people I went with and then the other people I went to Perkins with afterward. New thought (though, perhaps, not so new): I love people, wait, better yet, 1 Peter 1:22: Now that you have purified yourselves by obeying the truth, so that you have sincere love for your brothers, love one another deeply, from a [pure] heart." Yeah, that says it better. Life is moving at an incredible pace, lately. I'm ok with that, but I also long to savor the moments. Like when Crowder and the Shanes and Robbie Seay all came out to end the concert with the bluegrass section, or dancing with everyone at the reception, or talking with the girls until 2:30 on Friday night even though we were all dead tired, or our really fun conversation at Perkins tonight...where do these moments go, and why do they go so fast? Which leads to another question: what will eternity, a place without end, a place with no boundaries between me and God be like? It's too crazy to think about!
Life moves too fast, and yet too slow:
THEN, as if that wasn't enough, I got to go to the David Crowder/Shane & Shane concert. It was so great, although I have to say it, even, was a step down from the weekend. Maybe half a step, because of the people I went with and then the other people I went to Perkins with afterward. New thought (though, perhaps, not so new): I love people, wait, better yet, 1 Peter 1:22: Now that you have purified yourselves by obeying the truth, so that you have sincere love for your brothers, love one another deeply, from a [pure] heart." Yeah, that says it better. Life is moving at an incredible pace, lately. I'm ok with that, but I also long to savor the moments. Like when Crowder and the Shanes and Robbie Seay all came out to end the concert with the bluegrass section, or dancing with everyone at the reception, or talking with the girls until 2:30 on Friday night even though we were all dead tired, or our really fun conversation at Perkins tonight...where do these moments go, and why do they go so fast? Which leads to another question: what will eternity, a place without end, a place with no boundaries between me and God be like? It's too crazy to think about!
Life moves too fast, and yet too slow:
what joy is this I find in You?
what life did you invite me to?
this all-surpassing joy I find,
it comes from You, abides in You
Your call makes life alive
and I can't sleep another moment
waiting in anticipation
anxious for the culmination
HOW MUCH LONGER LORD?
HOW MUCH LONGER?
When will I see you face to face,
nothing in between...
bring me to this place
and thank you for the taste you give
in moments like these
it's satisfies, intensifies my longings.
...just let me see You, Jesus, let me see your face
posted by The Girl With Something to Say @ 11/16/2005 12:57:00 AM
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