sparrows.

I remembered the foreign land of the blogosphere a few days ago, & tried to forget it because I wasn't sure what I'd write. . .

Regina Spektor music, cut-outs & clothes scattered around my room (if I could unpack & re-pack as quickly as I can read a children's book, it wouldn't be like that) & a terrarium Mum made sitting on my bedside table. Hmm. Green. Life.

John M.'s book ''Safe in the Arms of God'' about the salvation of babies has brought me a great deal of comfort, especially since I have recently been only a few hundred yards away from a place where innocents were killed. However, I saw one mother & her baby leave the dark graveyard & walk into the sunshine, to go home together. It was truly beautiful. I wish you could've seen her face, her relief, reader. It made the shaky knees & sunburned face I got from that day eternally worthwhile.

Jesus did it-- He let me see it, though. Why? Well, why does He save His elect?

1 Peter 2:6-- "But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light."

God's excellencies are beyond number, but one excellency I can proclaim in this post is how He orchestrates life. How not one sparrow escapes His notice, no less a mother wrestling with the hardest choice she's ever faced. That's my King. My King who restores His faithless bride, because He promised, & because...He does love her & yearn for her.

I'd forgotten, but His Spirit & the Word He wrote reminded me:

"You have granted me life and steadfast love,and your care has preserved my spirit."

(Job 10:12)

Leaving for the Springs in a few weeks, taking in this time to read massive amounts of varying tomes, enjoying my parent's company, & eating bacon (as if I had to record that :P)

Learning a great deal about the doctrines of grace, too, which is exciting.

Wondering-- is the 'real world' that very much different from the one I live in now? Are the colors different? Will I have a different teeth once I graduate college & join this legendary real world place? Is the food better or worse? Please don't tell me there's no caffeine there.

[sarcastic curiousity...mm yis...mm]

Very nearly the shifting of today into tomorrow, so ...one day closer to you, my Mr. Depraved, whoever you may be.
But much more exhilaratingly--

One day closer to Your return, my great & wondrous King.