Well!! Life is in full swing back in middle earth! (sorry.... I saw The Hobbit again last night and in my mind I keep expecting to see giant eagles coming out of the sky.... or maybe a small herd of orks living under my bed...) Anyway! I have a job.... it's fun and they feed me lots of coffee... I get to see my lovely friends in welly again.... they also lovingly feed me lots of coffee.... and those new mint kitkat things!! They are taaaasssstttyyyy!
But! The God of all the universe is still romancing me... FLIP it's so incredible watching him move!!
So I thought I'd share some of the ways that he's been whispering in my ear lately....
The other day, I was sitting in a cafe when the song 'Yellow' by Coldplay came on. I felt Jesus whisper in my ear "Hannah, this is my song to you..."
At first I was like 'na..... I must have just made that up! The God of the universe wouldn't give me love songs, I should be giving them to him!' But then again I heard him whisper... "Hannah you are my beloved.... I am the bridegroom.... of course I want to give you a love song... isn't that what a fiance would do for his bride? And you are my bride!"
Flip.... rather soon I was in tears....
Here are the lyrics... (stuff in brackets is what God spoke to me through each line)
Flip! Let him speak to you too through it!!
YELLOW
Look at the stars, Look how they shine for you (they are my promise of a future for you)
And everything that you do... (my gift for you to enjoy)
Yeah they were all yellow (filled with my glory)
I came along, I wrote a song for you (My song to you my darling)
And all the things you do
And it was called 'Yellow'
So then I took my turn (to romance you)
Oh what a thing to have done (I did it! It's not about what you do)
And it was all yellow
You're skin...
Oh yeah you're skin and bone (I'm making beauty from ashes)
Turned into something beautiful (all beautiful you are my darling)
You know, you know I love you so (I LOVE YOU!)
You know I love you so (I love you so much I said it twice)
I swam across, I jumped across for you (I crossed the divide between us)
Oh what I thing to do (I did it... for you)
Cause you were all yellow (because I'm captivated by you)
I drew a line, I drew a line for you (I set you free... gave you hope... you're no longer stuck in the past)
Oh what a thing to do
And it was all yellow (filled with my glory)
You're skin, Oh yeah you're skin and bones
Turned into something beautiful
And you know
For you I'd bleed myself dry (I'd die for you)
For you I'd bleed myself dry (I'd give my whole life up for you)
It's true (I am truth)
Look how they shine for you (my gift to you my darling)
Look how they shine for you (delight yourself in me)
Look how they shine for you (I said it three times to show it's importance...)
Fairies
So a few weeks ago.... actually about a month ago (when I was still on outreach) FLIP TIME GOES SO FAST!!! We got to go and have tea at my uncle and aunts house... and all my cousins! It was sweet!!
BUT this one thing happened when me and a couple others were talking to the youngest cousin in that family, Ruby....
We were just having a nice chat about, I don't know... puppies or something that little girls like to talk about... when suddenly she sees a fairy blow past... (you know.. those little things which come off dandelions I think... and float in the breeze). She stopped what she was saying, stood up and said "Oh! I'm sorry but I HAVE to catch this!" And then she ran off and chased the fairy til she caught it!
haha so cute.... but oddly enough God has been speaking to me a lot through this little encounter... about allowing him to delight me "delight yourself in the Lord and He will give you the desires of your heart" and all that! And also about catching and looking for those moments of beauty that he gives every day... those little whispers about himself that he gives all the time!
Haha God is so good!
It's funny... cause now, often I'll be talking to Jesus and I'll see a fairy blow past... God's reminder that he's there and he loves me!
AND THE OTHER DAY....
I was lying on the trampoline in the back yard, playing Jack, my beautiful guitar, and singing to Jesus, when I looked up into the sky and saw literally HUNDREDS of those fairies floating through the sky!!!
hahaha WHAT!!!??? God doesn't just love a little... he loves me a LOT!!! Thankyou Jesus!!!
Man... it's incredible how much God wants to speak to us when we actually stop and look and listen....
WOOOH!! Life is good :)
Peace out my lovelies!!
