Solveig's tour journal
| Feb 01, 2008 |
"Great and marvelous are Your works, O Lord God, the Almighty;
righteous and true are Your ways, King of the nations! Who will not fear,
O Lord, and glorify Your name? For You alone are holy; for all the nations will come and worship before You."- Revelation 15:3-4 NASB
This morning I am at home in Colorado. John has a runny nose, so I have kept him home from school. I just spoke with my dear parents on the phone all the way to the West Coast of Norway. We have been missing each other extra much this winter, and I so look forward to heading home for a short visit in a few weeks, when I do an acoustic concert in the Lutheran state church of Meland on our home island of Holsnøy, on March 7th. None of us had anything much important to say; it really was just about "checking in", hearing their voices and say the little small "I love you's" that mean more than words can tell...
As I am pondering the power of these words, sipping my morning coffee here in my home office, I marvel at the fact that I am so blessed by my parents love for me. It is as genuine and real, as the love of this awesome Lord, who knows my name and also cares about what happens to me.
I saw the pink shades on the Pikes Peak this morning, and some fresh snow as a wintery backdrop. I could sense His care for me by the breath of a new day, and in spite of sniffles and a cold, there will be extra hugs today from John, and there will be love to give and receive. Life is a gift.
Then there was the fact that I did not stumble all the way down the stairs this morning, but was able to catch the rail and hold on, and get my footing again, when a chord to my laptop got stuck under one of my slippers...(They are in fact "Life is good" slippers with that cute Jack's little happy face on them, you know. I got them on sale for $10 the other day, and are SO comfy;) except I almost could have broke my neck or something else?) But in the nick of time, I was saved catching on to the rail.
It may sound silly or simple, but these are the little things that makes me want to worship the Lord. I did not have to spend the day or however long at a hospital, but am OK. Life is not perfect, and there is plenty to deal with, but today I will worship the Lord; the Holy One, the King of the Nations. Because of Him I can also say: Life IS good, even if our house needs a good cleaning rigth now, and
there is this lightbulb that needs to be changed that none of us can reach, Kari Julianna has a science project due, and we live 8 time zones away from my elderly precious mom and dad, the children's only living grand parents...
Holding on to the rail...the rail that keeps me safe in what often seems a very scary and overwhelmingly complex world, are the simple loves of my family, friends and my Savior. And that works for me.
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