Do you ever have those moments where you like, wanna have coffee with God?

Yesterday, as I was getting ready for class, I thought, "I should read the verse of the day." So, I sat myself down, turned on Daniel Bashta's album "The Invisible" and began to read.

I read this.. and never got past it:

Job 26:8-9 -- He wraps up the waters in his clouds, yet the clouds do not burst under their weight. He covers the face of the full moon, spreading the clouds over it. He marks out the horizon on the face of the waters for a boundary between light and darkness. The pillars of the heavens quake, aghast at his rebuke. 

Well, if you don't think that's powerful then I don't know what is. 

Jesus is SO powerful. It's amazing. He's our gentle, loving and kind Father, yet he contains so much power. It's mind blowing. 

But besides it being mind blowing, I couldn't get past how good He is. We have a good, good Father. I was speechless as I read those few verses over and over. The simplest things like creating the horizon to differentiate light and darkness. Unless we are looking at a beautiful sunset on a beach walk, who ever thinks about that? Who ever thinks about how necessary the horizon is?! I don't, that's for sure. 

Along with being blown away by God's goodness in three simple verses, the past few days I've gotten to listen to Switchfoot's new album, "Fading West". I know, I know, if you've seen my Twitter at ALL within the past few weeks, you could not miss the fact that I LOVE this album. But I can't help it. 

I've been a fan of Switchfoot for many, many years. But this album is the most authentic and beautiful album yet. It's so, SO real. It's real life. And it's an album I've really been able to relate and connect to. That changes everything. I can't stop listening to it. Also, I'm thankful I watched their documentary before hearing the album because it put so much more meaning to it. 

So, after being captivated by God's word and in awe of Switchfoot's album, I was BURSTING with JOY all day yesterday. I couldn't contain it. I was having one of these moments, "This is too much. Too much goodness in one day. MAKE IT STOP!" But it's a good kind of "make it stop" ;)

As I was on the way to the Wolnski's house with Hope and Amy I had to stop and ask.. just to make sure I wasn't weird. 

"Do you ever have those moments where you like, wanna coffee with God? Like not 'talk to the air' but really talk to God?" I LONG for those moments. I'm like "Yoohoo, God. Yeah, it's me here. I could really use more than a talk with you in my bed." Ha! 

I'm SO overwhelmed with His goodness I just wanna hug 'em! And talk to Him. And thank Him.

We need a coffee date. 

Thank you, Jesus, for allowing me to see the good in this world. For giving me hope from others around. Thank you for being so kind and loving and SUCH a great dad! 

I wanna be more Christ-like. 

And Switchfoot, thank you for never giving up. Thank you for doing what you were called to do. I know you guys have had some very intense and hard moments over the past decade, but thank you for pushing through. I know it cannot be easy but you've given me an immense amount of hope and I know you've done the same for others. So, thank you. Well done, boys. Well done. 

These lyrics from their new song "Who We Are" pretty much sum up their journey.. at least from what I've seen over the years. And it's incredible. 

[They said it's complicated. They said we'd never make it this far. But we are. They said the fight would break us. But the struggle helped to make who we are.]

I wanna remember these words when times get extremely hard.

Don't give up hope! The journey may be hard, but it's worth it. And it won't last forever. 

loves.