Spring Break TWOSday ....

Day TWO of Spring Break and i've come to realize that i have TWO extremely old knees ... all of yesterday's painting and 'building' took its toil on my old lady knees!  Which translates into TWO forms of therapy:

*Early morning knitting

*Shopping for TWO cushions for the freshly painted porch swing.

Successful Day TWO 

So, while i was sitting on my TWO new cushions i worked on a few swatches this afternoon .... working on the Kitchener Stitch that is needed to make the 'Eternity Ring' posted yesterday. . .   and i found this You Tube Video with great details for helping as well.  Maybe it's just me, but i LOVE putting my hands on something and watching it all fall into place, especially when i don't really understand HOW it works .. i just KNOW that it does!



working through things that don't make sense .... seems like a recurring theme for me actually . . or perhaps that's a rather 'simple' definition of Faith!  Hebrews 11describes Faith as "being sure of what we HOPE for, and certain of what we do NOT see!"  But ... what about things we hear?

Do you remember those times when you heard a simple 'whisper' and suddenly everything was okay ... whether that whisper came from a loved one from across the room, or a best friend over the phone .... whether it was a still, small voice that spoke softly into your ear ... or just the faint memory of something shared in times past that flooded your heart at just "THAT" moment .... that reoccurring melody that replays and reminds you of a time for inspiration ... or hope ... or safety .... or refuge . . .

that sensory SOUND that seems to be a gentle reminder of security ... remember hearing your mom sing those lullabies ....  what about the songs that your Heavenly Father sings .... ever thought about THAT?  He DOES sing over you!  He LONGS to rejoice over you!  Look at Zephaniah 3:9 . . .

The Lord your God is with you,

He is mighty to save.

He will take great delight in you,

He will quiet you with His love,

He will rejoice over you with singing.

Sitting and swinging on the porch this morning, with coffee in hand and the quiet of the early chill still lingering for a while, i found myself wondering what that TUNE would sound like .... i know verse upon verse of Praise Choruses that i can sing to Him ... but i've never really stopped and pondered on His tune to me . . . which led me ask ...  why DON'T i know ... perhaps i am not as 'quiet' as He'd like for me to be ....  i'm so busy making 'noise' in order to fill the silence that sometimes frightens me ... that i have simply drowned out His melody ... the very Symphony that He has composed ......

TWOSday .....  just me and Him . . i think i need to spend more time downloading HIS tunes .... finding rest and refuge in those gentle rhythms and melodies . . wonder if He likes my alto-ish harmonies? (or maybe that's why He arranged for me to play the piano!)   :)