Jokes, Tuning Pegs and Moms

God has such a sense of humor.  Honestly.  I think that we will spend much time in laughter when we finally get to Heaven.

Today, He played an April Fool's joke on us.

It snowed.

It's not supposed to snow in April.  But Hey. God controls the weather so if it's snowing, it's because He made it snow. 

Funny, Lord.

On an entirely different note:

I went for a run two mornings ago - it was 40degrees by 8am and the sun was up and the sky was blue.  When I returned to campus, I went out to the soccer field and just lay down on my back, enjoying the warmth of the morning sun. I was listening to worship songs as I lay there. "Come Thou Fount" came on and I was just soaking up the truth, when the lyrics kinda hit me in the face.

This is the first line: "Come thou fount of every blessing, tune my heart to sing your grace".

I started thinking about it.  This line makes a lot of sense to me because I play a string instrument.  It requires tuning.  What does that mean?  Tuning is twisting the pegs, tightening the strings and stretching them so that they play the precise, correct note.  Tuning is rather difficult when you first learn how to do it. It takes a long time to figure out how to get the peg to turn only the smallest amount and how to hear the correct sound that you want the string to play. And even after you are comfortable tuning an instrument, it still takes some hard listening and very careful turning of the pegs for the string to ring with the perfect pitch.

This is what I am asking God to do to my heart each time I sing this song.  That he would stretch me, perfect me, take my heart and shape it so that I would be exactly in tune - shaped in such a way that my life sings His grace. 

I want God to take each thing in my life and use it to make me a little more in tune.  On the days filled with laughter and joy, may I sing His grace a little more clearly.  On days when life is hard and confusing, may my trust in Him boldly sing His grace. May my life be one that is slowly but surely being brought into tune that it might always proclaim His grace.

On a third entirely different note:

My mom officially wins the "Best Mom Ever" award.  I was having a rough week. So I called her. I knew she was driving to a town about 45minutes away from Grove City that day, but I had no idea where on the road she was.  Halfway through out conversation she says "How about a date? Meet you in 30 seconds."   I am so blessed that she took the time to come talk to me, encourage me, pray with me and love me right when I needed it. Made my week.

Me and my mom. She's amazing (and that is an understatement).

Happy April!  Now, if only this lovely joke would end today and Spring would arrive tomorrow...