Something Heavenly: Part One

Yes, I know that my average post is once a month, but by the way things have been looking lately, I would say that once a month is fabulous. Considering, I almost deleted the blog thinking I’ll never have time for this again. Instead of a long paragraph explaining why I haven’t blogged, I’m just going to jump in.


Do you remember “Jesus Rearrange”?


Wow, has He ever been rearranging. In addition to all of the same “emotions” (for lack of a better word) that were conjured up through that period where I felt like God was completely rearranging my life, there is actually a new song that God has used to speak to me lately. It’s by Sanctus Real, appropriately titled “Whatever You’re Doing.” You may have heard of it, but if you haven’t here it is. If you can, turn up the volume...LOUD…and listen.

Now that you’ve listened to the song, I obviously need to explain.


Just imagine…I’m riding down the road, I am leaving one of my jobs, to head to my other job. I’m exhausted because I’m working my fourth 12-hour day in one week. I haven’t really had a day off in at least 3 weeks. I even work on Saturdays, and I’m not counting Sundays because we’re at church from 9:00-1:00 and 4:00-8:30, and on Labor Day I cleaned my house—that’s not a day off to me. So, needless to say, on top of being exhausted, I’m a little emotional too.


Ok, so here’s where the song comes in…I turn on the radio and the first words I hear are “…chaos…but there is peace.” I was immediately intrigued by the song. I turned it up so I could hear more. Before I knew it, there were tears streaming down my face, and I knew that God was trying to get my attention.


That day I probably would have used the exact word chaos to describe my life. I still am working two jobs, helping out with the youth at our church on Sunday mornings and nights, and on Wednesdays, and trying to keep our home in some type of order. That may not seem like much, but there are some days that I get to the preschool at 8:30, leave at 1, grab lunch, and go to Panopolie to leave there at 8:30 to come home, only to have laundry or dirty dishes waiting on me. So, before I sound like I am complaining or whining, I just want you to understand two things 1) I haven’t had time to blog, and 2) this song was exactly what I needed to hear.


Through this song, God was simply saying, this may seem like chaos, but just believe. I know that he is doing something bigger that me, something larger that life, Something Heavenly.


Something Heavenly. I can’t get my mind around that. I know that God has brought us here to seminary and he is preparing us for something amazing. I knew that we would have a rocky start (and believe me, we did) but I guess I thought that things would start to calm down, and smooth out eventually. If anything, we are busier that ever. But with saying all that, I must also say that we are far more blessed than we ever expected as well. God is truly doing something Heavenly in our lives.