Our Awesome God

I am currently at the beach this week with my Aunt, Uncle, two boy cousins, and one of my cousins girlfriends. This morning, I went for a run down on the beach at 8 in the morning...yes you read it correctly, 8 in the morning! As I was running I was listening to the pop music on my ipod and singing a long in my head to the lyrics, when I realized I really needed to be listening to Christian music. I don't know why that thought entered in to my head, maybe it was because I just finished a book yesterday called "Heaven is For Real" and it's been on my mind constantly, maybe God himself put that thought in my head...I don't know. But anyways, I changed the song to "Everthing" by Lifehouse. Here are the lyrics:

Find me Here

Speak To Me
I want to feel you
I need to hear you
You are the light
That's leading me
To the place where I find peace again.

You are the strength, that keeps me walking.
You are the hope, that keeps me trusting.
You are the light to my soul.
You are my purpose...you're everything.

How can I stand here with you and not be moved by you?
Would you tell me how could it be any better than this?

You calm the storms, and you give me rest.
You hold me in your hands, you won't let me fall.
You steal my heart, and you take my breath away.
Would you take me in? Take me deeper now?

How can I stand here with you and not be moved by you?
Would you tell me how could it be any better than this?
And how can I stand here with you and not be moved by you?
Would you tell me how could it be any better than this?

Cause you're all I want, You're all I need
You're everything,everything
You're all I want your all I need
You're everything, everything.
You're all I want you're all I need.
You're everything, everything
You're all I want you're all I need, you're everything, everything.

And How can I stand here with you and not be moved by you?
Would you tell me how could it be any better than this?
How can I stand here with you and not be moved by you?
Would you tell me how could it be any better than this?

How can I stand here with you and not be moved by you?
Would you tell me how could it be any better than this?

Would you tell me how could it be any better than this?

First of all, this song came to mind because a couple of years ago I went to Ridgecrest, a Lifeway Christian Conference Center, and this song was performed by teens in a interpretive movement dance. The first time I saw that I was moved in a way I had never been moved before. Here is the skit:

http://youtu.be/cyheJ480LYA 

Anyways, not 5 seconds after I had turned that song on my ipod I looked out into the ocean and saw a dolphin in "swimming distance" of the shore. I was in awe. My favorite animal is a dolphin, just so you know. So when I saw that I saw that as God showing me he is there, he is King, and he can do anything. I have never seen that animal so close to shore before...I even truly considered jumping in the water (in my tennis shoes, spandex capris, and sports bra) to go see if I could touch it, but then decided against it. My whole run got turned around after that, I must've stood there watching the group of 4 or 5 dolphins for 5 minutes, watching intently as they stayed long enough for me to see and then swim away. Then I thought about my God. He's absolutely incredible. There isn't any doubt in my mind that he sent those dolphins to let me see them. 

I softly spoke aloud "thank you" to God. Thank you for showing me that little sign that Your watching over me, that  You hear me when I speak, and that Your an amazing God.

ps. Aunt Nicki, there's no doubt in my mind you should write...love what you (and your mother) had to say in your last blog posts!! Love you.