You're the song when my heart is singin'...

"... it's Your love.  You're the eyes to the blind man, You're the feet to the lame man walkin'.  It's the sound of the people singin' it's Your love!" -Brandon Heath

Isn't being close to God the most magical feeling ever?  I've been so excited just for life lately.  It's like something clicked.  Mainly because of these verses (kudos to Bro. Jason, my pastor).

And I pray that Christ will be more and more at home in your hearts, living within you as you trust him. May your roots grow down deep into the soil of God's marvelous love; and may you be able to feel and understand, as all God's children should, how long, how wide, how deep, and how high his love really is; and to experience this love for yourselves, though it is so great that you will never see the end of it or fully know or understand it...  [Ephesians 3:17-19]

That's crazy love.  Crazy.  GOD, Who is perfection in every way, loves ME, the klutzy, silly, lyric-quoting girl that I am.  He loves that I love Relient K and rainstorms.  I screw up on a daily basis, and yet, He loves me just as much as He did the day before.

The same goes for you.  Whether you play guitar or catch softballs.  Listen to Beethoven or Lecrae. Blonde hair, brown hair, red hair, black hair, blue hair.  Converse and blue jeans or a pleated skirt with an Oxford. And everything in-between.  He looks at you as a whole, good and bad alike, and thinks, "Wow. Bleah's vintage looks are so unique.  I love that about her."  and "Katie's Beatles-obsession is just great. Gotta love my Katie."  Even "Kathryn's laughing again.  Isn't she beautiful?"  Kind of leaves me in awe.

Recently, His love has looked like this to me:

- giving a speech and not freaking out for once in my life
- finding a letter in the mailbox from my best friend Kathryn
- realizing my 16th birthday is only one month away (give or take a few days)
- dunking Oreos in milk and watching Route 66 every afternoon
- 'the best thing' coming on my Pandora and jamming out to it in English class
- having a heart-to-heart with Callie, a close friend in my youth group
- my crush waving at me with the goofiest, most fantastical grin on his face

God's giving me a little insight about the little things -- and I'm running with it.  Seriously, the little things are everything.  They're Him giving us a glimpse of hope right when we need it.  And I'm loving it.

What does His love look like to you lately?