Sunday Sweetness, and Lenten Log number 7

Sweet treat number one:
     My favorite (that's a joke between us, she's my only) niece sent me a message on facebook to tell me to check out this song.  She found it on Itunes, and she thought I'd like it. I do.  I have for a while.  She was right. I don't see her much, I miss her, and though she doesn't listen to Christian music, she stumbled on this one.
     God quietly at work through one of his greatest gifts--the gift of song.
     Thanks Al.

(I choose this acoustic vid to share, it just fit this early Sunday morning--worship time.)

Sweet treat number two:

     Today is our first fourth anniversary.  Four years ago today, my husband came to pick me up from school and we scurried to the county seat to get married before the office closed!  It was a Tuesday afternoon, and we were the last to be hitched in the judge's chambers that day.  He, Brad not the judge, cried.  She, the judge, was stoic.  And it was sweet and quick. I remember holding his hands and looking in his eyes.  Few people knew about it, we kept it secret for a while--this was great fun. No photos were taken though!
     Things are so good, I cried while I shopped for his anniversary card--I love and really like my husband.

  
Lent experience for this week:

     It seems like each week I'm thinking less of Lent.  I feel like I should feel horrible about this, but the World Vision challenge isn't resonating with me (perhaps it's more suited for a different age bracket).  I've had my moments, but there is simply nothing I can do in my life that compares with the suffering Christ endured for me.

     Don't misunderstand, I have talked with and spent time with Jesus this week--and it's been good.  I have prayed and read, but the scripted "program" hasn't done it for me.  What has been coming into my mind often this week?  Godspell.  Someday I should write an entire post about how the movie soundtrack of Godspell was the only God in my life for so long.  Anyway, those songs (and images from the movie) have been with me all week--on my heart and in my mind.  This week I'll throw the CD in my car so I can Praise-along on the way to work. Corny, but amazing how good chooses to work--again through song.
     Last night at church, they asked us to journey through a week's worth of specific devotionals.  I asked Brad to do this with me each evening, similar to how we spent Sunday evenings in Advent.  This is something I'm very much looking forward to.
     God, you reign...