Some things I am loving today....

Since I find myself with these luxurious work hours behind and in front of me, I thought I'd take a little break and share with you some things that are making me smile today.

Thing 1: Last night Kate was being a little wild animal. Heather and Ash told her that she needed to sit with her hands quietly in her lap or else she was going to get a time out. She was a little grumpy about this, and said "I don't want to live with this family anymore!" (If she's feeling so deeply about this at the age of four, she's going to be a bit of a bugger in her teenage years I am afraid to say...) H & A asked her where she would live instead and Kate replied "With Lauren! And I will be her piano assistant, and assist her with the piano, and we can eat what we want." What do you do with such grumpy cuteness but laugh?

Thing 2: This morning I emerged from my room and met my mother in the hallway with a groggy good morning. A "good morning" back is a typical response but instead this is what she said: "We have a major problem. As laughable as it may seem, I think I flushed my glasses down the toilet. They were in the pocket of my robe, and I cannot find them anywhere." Every time I think about this, I cannot restrain a grin. My mother is hysterical.

Thing 3: This song. (Read on...)

How He Loves

He is jealous for me

Love's like a hurricane, I am a tree

Bending beneath the weight of His wind and mercy

When all of a sudden, I am unaware of these afflictions eclipsed by glory

and I realize just how beautiful You are and how great your affections are for me.

Oh, how He loves us so Oh, how He loves us, How He loves us so.

So we are His portion and He is our prize,

Drawn to redemption by the grace in His eyes

If grace is an ocean we're all sinking

So heaven meets earth like a sloppy wet kiss and my heart turns violently inside of my chest

I don't have time to maintain these regrets when I think about the way

That he loves us.

~Jesus Culture