I'm Singing...

Does anybody but me ever wish we had some sort of soundtrack to our lives? So many times I've wished for that, for giant speakers in the sky that would just play beautiful music at all the right times, like you hear in the movies. Music that would help me cry when I needed to cry, dance when I needed a reason to, and grit my teeth with courage when I'm frozen in fear.

As I walked around Radnor Lake a little over a week ago I had my soundtrack. It was a song called "Singing Over Me" that I had just downloaded from iTunes the day before. For nearly three hours as I walked around that lake and on the muddy trails I heard this song as if someone was walking behind me with a radio. Zephaniah 3:17 says "The Lord your God is with you, He is mighty to save. He will take GREAT delight in you, He will quiet you with his love, He will rejoice over you with SINGING." God sings over us, and for the first time in my life I knew what that felt like. God, the God of the universe, remembered me, and He was singing over me...

"Singing Over Me" by Kari Jobe
When I waited so long, when my tears were my song
With my hope nearly gone You held me God
To believe in the face of the dry, weary place
When You felt far away You held me God

Oh, there is freedom in surrender, oh I know it

Your songs have NEVER stopped
You've been singing, always singing over me
Your words are still enough
And You're singing, always singing over me

The chaos in the cause teaching me to see Lord
The beauty in the storm so I believe
When I see through Your eyes, through the testing of time
Every cloud silver lined 'cause You're with me

Oh, there is freedom in surrender, oh I know it

Give me faith
Give me strength enough to wait
To stand in faith
And listen for, listen for Your melody


I went back to Radnor yesterday with one of my best girlfriends, Susan. We walked and talked, and and no, there was no soundtrack, but we didn't need one. We knew He was singing... ;-)
Here are some fun shots from the day....


Susan and I... =)








There were canoes right by this little inlet, and unless I'm mistaken there wasn't a sign saying we couldn't take one out on the lake. I'm still thinking over the consequences of possibly taking one out one day. Really, what's the worst that could happen? Would the park "rangers" come out on the lake to get us or just wait for us to give up and come back to shore? Hmmm, now that's a YouTube video just waiting to happen.... ;-)




Love to take pictures straight up into the trees, let the focus stay off, and just get bubbles of light... =)


One lone little guy that was trying to grow inside a fence post...


Isn't this tree just magical?...


This is a perfect example of a very ugly shot turned into something pretty cool. If you can, change your camera's focus to Manual and start turning that focus ring! This is the exact same shot with me manually focusing on the tiny vine you'll see below...




Check this out. The "couple" is looking out at the lake together and then they turn and "kiss". And then, after I shot these, they started "yelling" at each other. Seriously! ...lol...






Maybe this one is kind of creepy but I really like it. Go figure...


My favorite shot of the day. Susan walking into a pool of light in front of me. =)



Couldn't' find "Singing Over Me" so you could hear it but here is another song by Kari Jobe that's pretty darn cool. Check this out...

P.S. And if you comment on this you've got to tell me why you're singing! ;-)
Love you all! I'm singing!! =)