in Your presence, at Your feet

In the presence of my God, my Abba Father,
my mind is brought back to focus
to the One Who heals
the One Who saves
Who awakes my soul
to the One Who is greater
the One Who is holy
Who is glorious
to the One Who is beauty
the One Who is worthy
Who was slain for me.

And all distractions are cast aside.
all opinions,
all falsehoods,
all masks are taken off.

In His presence,
Truth is spoken.
because He is truth.
He is righteous.
He is holy.
He is all-powerful.
He is ever-present.
and ever-forgiving.
He is full of grace.
He is full of mercy.
He is full of justice, too.
He is indescribable.
and
He is King.

I am brought back, refocused, in His presence.
given strength for the day and the tasks set before me.
I am made righteous,
because of HIS BLOOD SHED FOR ME!

Without Him,
I
am
nothing.

And how often must I learn this lesson?

B. U. S. Y.

That's what I am these days.
Well..always, really. But especially for the next 6ish weeks, until the 2nd/3rd week of May, I am taking an online class that started today. But I do not have my book for it yet.
& oh how I can't wait for this semester to be over. But everyone feels like this right after spring break. & then I'm goin to the beach 3rd/4th week of May!! Oh I want to go right now!
The weather is lovely outside, &
COLOR
is slowly c r e e p i n g back into the landscape.
The forsythia & buttercups are blooming. Glorious bursts of bright yellow. Positively beautiful. I love how God has made things bloom in shifts & not completely all at once.
Spring is the season that most wholely points to Him, for Springtime is a re-awakening, or a new birth for the earth. Like we are born again, & have new life once we establish faith in Him. Aahhh I love the parallels. & how creative He is.
Well, off to work I must go. On math that is.

I sometimes take things too seriously.

I believe it's a result of focusing too much on the details of things....which I have a tendency to do...

I am so grateful for the patience and love of my God and Abba Father.

Without it I would be in such distress.
oh, such distress.

Silver Lining

"I found a list of flaws, I saw in myself...& I threw it away because..bonvoyage..isn't it nice to know, that the lining is silver?"~ "The Lining Is Silver" by RelientK.
I love this band. Their songs helped me get through all of middle and most of high school. Ahaaa. Seriously though. They're still spittin out some pretty good stuff too, although my favorite will forever be the Two Lefts Don't Make A Right But Three Do album [the one w/ the Mood Rings song..hehehe]. This particular line is from The Bird & The Bee Sides album[s] [I do not know the correct wordage]. Also gooood songs on that one, good new ones, and remakes of some that didn't make it past the EPs.
Buuuut anyway, this is not a critique of the band....but rather one of me. It is so easy, sometimes, for me to just get caught up in small rather pointless details. Because I am a detail person. I see how the details work together to make the big picture work together. But sometimes, I try to make extra details that aren't really needed. And I get worked up/frustrated when my particular details/ideas don't work out the way I think they should [this is sooo true. Ask my mother and my close girl friends [yes I don't know that my boyfriend has figured this out yet...]]. Aaaahhh but Jesus always sends me something to set me straight...whether in the form of lyrics, undeserved kind words from a friend [this usually brings out the tears. because I am a tenderhearted person and aahhhh I cry when I'm frustrated/mad], a sunset, or a story of someone with bigger things to worry about - i.e., He shows me that there is a silver lining and the world will not end if my details don't play out how I think they should.
Anyway, it usually helps for me to sort it all out in some written form. because I am a horrible communicator when it comes to doing it verbally.
And so a word of encouragement to you, dear probably-nonexistant-blog-reader: keep your eyes out for the silver lining. Your day will go better if you do, I promise.
:)