Veggie Tears
Eli and I were driving around doing errands yesterday. It was quite an ordinary Monday- a day I usually set aside to catch up from the weekend and get everything in order for the upcoming week. This usually includes laundry and errands. Yesterday was no exception.
Eli was in a great mood as we were driving around. We were playing simple silly imitating games and laughing hard together. With all the fun we were having it seemed appropriate to put on Eli's favorite CD for us to further enjoy our time together.
Eli got a great CD for Christmas from his Mia and Papa. It is a Veggie Tales CD that is personalized so all the songs say his own name, 'Eli' in them. It is really neat- kinda freaks him about a bit- but at the same time he definitely thinks it is really cool. He just sort of has a look like, 'how do they know my name?!?' but then soon gets over it and shakes his head and wiggles his feet to the music.
The first 11 songs were great fun. We were happy and we knew it so we clapped our hands, we were reminded that God had the whole world in His hands, and we were educated on the many different types of vegetables that can also sing!
Then came the 12th song...
This is Veggie Tales I'm talking about- vegetables that sing songs in silly vegetable voices for children. But the 12th song came on and out shot the tears from my eyes. I could hardly drive I was crying so hard. Next to that though, I was almost wanting to laugh at the outrageousness of the fact that veggie tales was moving me to tears! But I couldn't resist being so moved. The truth was that powerful.
Here are the words to the song- the echo of my heart. The Simplicity of it was exactly what I needed to hear and be reminded of because it is all so very true. It is a perspective I always want for in it I can be grateful and content. It is what I want the song of my heart to be:
"God is so good.
God is so good.
God is so good,
He's so good to Eli and me.
He cares for me.
He cares for me.
He cares for me.
He's so good to Eli and me.
I praise His name.
I praise His name.
I praise His name,
He's so good to Eli and me."
This is moving because even though this has been a season of greater loss than I ever fathomed possible- Eli and I have never once lacked any good thing. God has been so faithful to us through out this whole season to provide all that we need. His word and promises have proven true to us time and time and again. It is not optimism but truth! I am overwhelmed as I watch how He has so faithfully and abundantly cared for us. We have needed it desperately and He has given us just what we need- often in ways other than I had expected- but always good and always sufficient. He's never early and never late.
Matthew 6:30,"And if God cares so wonderfully for the flowers that are here today and gone tomorrow, won't he more surely care for you? You have so little faith!"
I praise His name! He is so good to Eli and me!!!
posted by Kellie # 11:02 PM
