How Great Thou Art

For the past hour, I've just been sitting and talking to God. And the great thing was, he was answering. There weren't very many words present though. They probably would have just gotten in the way. No, this was one of those meetings where you just feel him all over you. I turned off all my lights so that the room was completely dark. I put on Michael W. Smith's Freedom album, and just started pouring my heart out. I found however, that tonight, I wasn't treating God like Santa Clause. Not tonight. Tonight I treated him as the Almighty God he is. I may have asked for help with one or two things, but mostly, it was a long list of thank you's. Nothing was too big or two small to thank Him for.

It started out simple enough. I started at the beginning and put "thank you for" in front of everything I could think of. But as I kept praying, just me, God, and the music, something began happening. I felt my soul swell! Tears began forming in my eyes, and I just let them go. So there I am, sitting in the middle of a dark empty room, crying, with my God just holding me and telling me "I Love You". I'm crying right now just remembering it. It has been a wonderful night. It's been a wonderful semester. It's been a wonderful life. And I am looking forward to every day that is to come. May God bless you and keep you this and every night.

By the way, it's still a little early to tell, but if things go right. Dr. Lazenby might just walk away from his freshman year with a girlfriend!