i am finding out the greatness

it is late, and there is homework to be done... yet here i sit, posting a blog, with my 20lb book on my lap. my eyes are tired from the week's reading, my voice is all but gone with a cold on the way, and i am pretty sure my brain has packed itself up for the week *since i thought 4 from 5 was 0* but it isn't, hahah, it is 1 :) regardless of all of that, i have a smile on my face... i got some amazing news today in the mail... a doctor's note... a good *strike that* a miraculous report that my body is sill working like a fine tuned machine :)

and it is all God's amazing hand of protection once again covering my life...

God's gifts and miracles... we say that they come to us on sale racks, as a dozen free donuts, as rock-star parking spots... we behold them as foggy mountain sunrises, changing leaves of the season, the first snow of the year... we hear them in the laughs of children, the chirp of a cricket, the trickle of a stream... and we overlook the majority of life's miracles and their reflection of a truly magnificent Creator. maybe i haven't done an adequate job......

i have been looking for a song online... one that you can listen to and understand the 'status' of my soul... but i can't find a version that resonates... i am posting the lyrics in hopes that you may have some free time to pull out an old hymnal and sing

Jesus i am resting, resting
in the joy of what Thou art;
i am finding out the greatness
of Thy loving heart.
Thou hast bid me gaze upon Thee, and Thy beauty fills my soul, for by Thy transforming power Thou hast made me whole. o how great Thy loving kindness. vaster, broader than the sea! o how marvellous Thy goodness, lavished all on me! yes, i rest in Thee, Beloved, know but wealth of grace is thine Thy certainty of promise, and have made it mine.
Jesus, i am resting, resting
in the joy of what Thou art;
i am finding out the greatness
of Thy loving heart.
simply trusting Thee, Lord Jesus, i behold Thee as Thou art, and Thy love, so pure, so changeless, satisfies my heart; satisfies its deepest longings, meets supplies its every need, and surrounds me with its blessings; Thine is love indeed!
Jesus, i am resting, resting
in the joy of what Thou art;
i am finding out the greatness
of Thy loving heart.
ever lift Thy face upon me, as i work and wait for Thee; resting beneath Thy smile, Lord Jesus, earth's dark shadows flee. brightness of my Father's glory, sunshine of my Father's face... keep me ever trusting, resting; fill me with Thy grace.

Jesus, i am resting, resting
in the joy of what Thou art;
i am finding out the greatness
of Thy loving heart.