Does God Giggle?

So today was wonderful! Here's my list:

Got to get up with Jeremy, make him lunch, and send him off to work

Went back to sleep for an hour

Got back up and vacuumed

Did the laundry

Did the dishes

Went to the bank

Left on time to drive to Gold Canyon to pick up my dear Nat Don where she works

Got a free drink and an afternoon of girl time

Saw my parents and my husband and my best friend for dinner

Got more girl time/story time on the way to drop Natalie back off

Then on my way home I popped in a CD that had all the classics (Lean on Me, Respect, Barbara Ann, Single Ladies...ya know, the classics). And as I'm driving along I can't but be thankful and rejoice in the wonderful day I've just had. 

So I dance. 

Great tunes, good mood, awful lighting--seemed like the perfect mix. As it gets to about the fifth song and I start to pass other cars on the road, and start thinking I wonder if they can see me. That would be embarrassing. 

Then I start to think about the one person who can see everything I do, who knows everything I think; and I wonder, Does God giggle when he catches me dancing like a crazy person in my car? Or does He just smile and go, Yup, she's a weirdo, but that's just the way I like her. 

I think it brings joy to His heart to know that there is enough joy in mine to let go, relax, and be crazy. 

I think that God is like the person who catches you rockin' out to a song at the stoplight and, instead of smirking because he's way too cool to ever look dumb, he smiles along with you and goes, I know exactly what that feels like. 

Point being: I know that it makes God happy when His children are happy. But whether He giggles as He watches or starts dancing along too, that's something I'll have to ask when I see Him face to face.

I hope you find the time and find a reason to let go and dance like a crazy person this week. 

LEE

New Year, New Start

I've never been big on New Year's resolutions. Never been able to keep them for more than a week, so honestly, I don't see the point. However, I do like something my mother told me: don't try take something away, but instead, add something to your life. That, I love. 

So this year that's what I'm doing. 

This year I'm adding (ideally) an hour of prayer/Bible/quite time with God to my mornings. This is especially hard for me because I love sleep! But, as I finally grasped from the brilliant Brian Sun up at NAU last year, just ask God for what you need. In our (me and my roommate Natalie Donald's) case, this was that God would make us nourished and revived from the few hours of sleep that we did get each night enough to function the next day. He still answers this prayer.

Although I haven't gotten my full hour in these past two days, it is something I am striving for even as the school year approaches. My hope is that this blog will act as a source of accountability for me. Please keep me in your prayers. I so deeply want to strengthen my relationship with God and be used by Him. But I know that I can't show others Christ through me if I don't truly know Him and His characteristics to begin with. 

Also, if you have faith-related questions, please ask! I would love to try to answer or to find the answers if I don't know them. 

Oh and be warned, I talk a lot. So this is a relatively short post for me! :)

Laura Elizabeth Emery (LEE)