Weekend...

So today is Saturday. It is so wonderful to NOT have to do a football game performance on a Friday night, but actually to just stay home and spend time with my family! Marching Band is OFFICIALLY over now, we reached closure of our season by marching in the Veteran's Day Parade in the middle of town this past Thursday afternoon in the rain. Fortunately for us, we were provided with lovely ponchos. I arrived home wet, cold, hungry, and just plain worn-out. But it's good not to have to worry about trying to go to sleep I guess.
Also, Thursday night, a good friend came over and we talked. It's so reassuring to know that I am not the only one who goes through "dry spells" in my walk with Jesus Christ. But oh, the sweetness that we as Christ's disciples and God's children can experience when God draws us close again. I know that God uses this, too, to help us to not beome dependent on the 'feeling' of being with God. It's kind of like the "Footprints" poem that many have read; it's in those times that we feel He "isn't here" that He carries us the most. We, afterall, are unfaithful and betraying sinners that He picks up once again. Reminds me of a Michael W. Smith song called "Unloved." So true...but we must endure the race! Spiritual warfare is so real, too. We must be prepared to fight, despite how we feel or our own preferences. God will provide the words for us through His Holy Spirit.
So, what has God taught me this week? That time spent with family and friends is a gift from Him and that I should not take them for granted; I need to be completely commited to Him despite how I feel; He surprises us all the time and we should not think that He is predictable; that we have never been unloved.




"Never Been Unloved" by Michael W. Smith
I have been unfaithful
I have been unworthy
I have been unrighteous
And I have been unmerciful

I have been unreachable
I have been unteachable
I have been unwilling
And I have been undesirable

Chorus:

Sometimes, I have been unwise
I’ve been undone by what I’m unsure of
But because of you, and all that you went through
I know that I have never been unloved

I have been unbroken
I have been unmended
I have been uneasy
And I’ve been unapproachable

I’ve been unemotional
I’ve been unexceptional
I’ve been undecided
And I have been unqualified

Chorus:

Unaware, I have been unfair
I’ve been unfit for blessings from above
But even I can see the sacrifice you made for me
To show that I have never been unloved