track fifteen: my hallelujah song

track fifteen is my hallelujah song by julianne hough. some of you may know the artist from dancing with the stars... i ever so clumsily slipped across her work on itunes the other day. i fell in love with this song.

truth to my life--a commonality between all these songs-- but this one seems especially true to me now seeing as how i am coming closer to attaining my dreams... (it is finally sinking in that i am a college graduate and lack only 29 months graduating *for good* and getting a job! ahhhh!! yeah...) i am on the fast track now! chasing and hunting them down *totally a God thing* nevertheless, feeling like i am exactly where i am supposed to be.

have you experienced the peace of being where you are supposed to be?

it is my most humble opinion that you must first experience the sorrow and discomfort of being where you are not supposed to be before you can truly appreciate being where you are supposed to be... awfully wordy, my sincere apologies... but do you follow? you can't know the value of something til you lose it?!? you don't know what you have until its gone?!? the grass may be greener, but you are wearing green tinted glasses?!? you follow? i have known what it means to be in the wrong place... pretty much lost *and i fought to stay lost for a long time* but there is nothing like giving in or trading up to the right place to be... absolutely nothing like the sense of relief that comes with abiding in the bulls eye of your target zone!

you know the word hallelujah is pretty important. we throw it around today like it is an everyday something or nother. "oh, hallelujah! billy joe finally passed third grade after four tries" or "hallelujah child, here's the little ladies room; i have been about to wet myself since biscoe." i think it is cheated out of its place as a true utterance of praise. it has become a cultural expression- like glory and amen... very different expressions than their original culture.

hallelujah- praise ye the Lord... a shout or song of praise used to express joy or thanks. in context of the song:

"finally hittin on what's been missin all along... singing my hallelujah song." singing a heartfelt song of thanks and praise to my Lord, i may have finally figured out what's been wrong all this time. it was hard to find my way, mostly because i was ornery and stubborn... but i was never alone on this journey. now, i am truly thankful *in the most praise worthy way possible* because i have landed safely where i belong... still singing my hallelujah song.

last thing... "divine punch-lines take a little time, but i'm getting it." i am so glad the God we serve has a sense of humor and is willing to share it with His children! you know you have an inside joke with God... you see something or hear a certain phrase- "hey God, that was a good one" and then you give him a high five or a wink or a smile... what a great God... so multi-faceted it is ridiculous and awe-inspiring (oh, ps... ridiculous is a serious prop word now... it's a good thing... haha) pretty great, pretty amazing, pretty wonderful!!!

peace out~