I see you in every scene..

I was going to try to write about what happened yesterday evening, but after sharing the story with my family and a couple close friends, I just don't think I can retell it again tonight. I need a little time still to get over the shock of it all. But I do want to share with you that I was on my knees in the kitchen praying and crying deep into the night. This morning I awoke after only a few hours of sleep to a gorgeous sunny day in the 80's! (It's been rainy and in the 40's and 50's for days now, so the sunlight in my soul was much needed!) After taking my oldest to school (and I have to admit, it was not easy letting him go), my little one and I spent the entire afternoon just basking in the beautiful warmth of it all. I don't know how to explain it exactly, but I broke last night.. and today God filled me with new hope and thankfulness for everything I have been given in life!

So, now I just wanted to share with you a few pictures from this afternoon and also a video I came across today. I don't often listen to Christian bands, to me most of them just sound like all the other pop music that's out there, with some Jesus thrown in. (Sorry, not trying to offend.. just my opinion.) I do love classic hymns, old southern gospel, chanting monks, and raw unfiltered blood sweat and tears worship though. The song in the video below speaks above and beyond the words I could ever find on my own to convey the experience I had last night and today. I actually came across this band when I was looking through my friend Heather's Facebook photo albums. Today I really felt the need to praise God throughout the entire day and truly be aware of His presence in all the things surrounding me. It's as if my senses became more alive and I could see Him in the shimmering water, the tiny blades of grass, and feel him in the cool wind. I don't know how many time I looked up today high above the trees and deep down into mud puddles, just breathing it all in. I felt I could barely get enough of Him! So often we walk through life in a trance.. numb, blind, and deaf to all the beauty and blessings we have been given. I hope this weekend you will take the time to slow down and appreciate nature and all the love surrounding you.

For those of you who left sweet words, thank you. :) Many blessing to you all..






Chill and cold and flakes of snow, ice and sleet, and frost and cold, each storm cloud and thunderbolt, lifts my mind to You. Every work and every power, every second of every hour, fall of dew in sweet rain showers, lifts my mind to you. The summer wind, fire and heat, autumn leaves and blooms of spring, ocean waves and mountain streams, lifts my mind to you.

I see you in every scene, I bet you are thinking about me, I have such a short memory so you keep reminding me of you. I see you in every scene, I bet you are thinking about me, I have such a short memory, so you keep reminding me of you.

As I lay me down to sleep, as I walk on city streets, as I laugh with friends and feast, it lifts my mind to you, as my children play and run, in the news with wars and guns, in the church where songs are sung, it lifts my mind to you. Deep inside the beggar's eyes, as for sweet love I fight, on the radio at night, it lifts my mind to you.

I see you in every scene, I bet you are thinking about me. I have such a short memory, so you keep reminding me of you. I see you in every scene, I bet you are thinking about me. I have such a short memory, so you keep reminding me of you.

-Charlie Hall "Scenes" lyrics