Be still.

Doctors visits.

Death.

More doctors visits.

Market runs.

Clinic runs.

Cleaning up throw up.

Diagnosing things.

IV runs.

Last minute things coming up.

After awhile of this and more, the past four days have been......quiet.

Considering, what "quiet" is here, it has been quiet.

And we are counting it as a blessing!

It may be the calm before the storm, who knows.

But for now, oh boy am i thankful for the still days.

And tonight....the power was out.

So in a dark room illuminated with candles, we sat.

Acoustics filling the air and voices unified as one lifted up praise to the One who is alive always..

In the crazy and in the still.

There's something magical about music to me.

Supernatural. It's crazy how it can move us, unify us.

And tonight we sat, in the exotic candle-lit room.

Voices lifted high.

We were all coming from different places in our day.

At different places in our lives.

But so unified. And with voices lifted high we sang. and sang. and sang.

And it was beautiful.

Not because the candles were nice or the music was that great.

It was just one guitar in a living room.

But it was beautiful because there in the midst, was something so much greater than the music.

Our hearts were being poured out...spilled out...before the Creator of it all.

The Master behind the music.

The Artist, Himself.

Our hearts were being wrecked in the room tonight, and there was unity among us.

There was power among us.

There was passion among us.

There was joy among us.

There was desperation among us.

There was a craving for life, true life, among us.

There was vulnerability among us.

There was love among us.

There was hurt among us, and healing hearts among us.

And 

There was God among us.

God with us.

In our hearts, in our voices, in our songs.

Pretty awesome.

No, pretty spectacularly incredible.

Breathtaking.

And oh boy, am i just grateful.

That Love came down. 

That Love came down and rescued me.

And now in all of my days, I can sing out in freedom.

And Love is here, for the world.

May our passion show and bring people to this Love.

Because a gift is always meant to be given.

Hal-le-lu-jah for that.

Now, my challenge for you. Play this songs. Close your eyes. Listen. Really, listen. And breathe it in. 

"My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion FOREVER." Psalm 73:26

p.s. pretty cool thing..MY DAD IS HERE WITH ME FOR THE WEEK. WOWWW.......

What a dad i was graced with. He has already been helping with SO much here, and yeah we have just been having such an awesome time. I still can't believe he is actually here. More updates to come on our adventures together. 

Let's just say jessica here, is forcing him to bring out his adventurous side a bit :)

Watch out, people.

 

Much much love :)