"You love me, we're a happy family"

Coming back from the wreckage that was my math quiz, I pop online to find Rev. Cowman's devotional reminding me that God uses all things broken for His glory. The Lord is always mindful of my mind.

Over the course of the day He would keep showing Himself to me. Nothing extraordinary happened, per se. I knew Benjamin Franklin was a pretty good almanac writer, but after three days of rain, his selection of the next two days for the panoply known as Penn Previews couldn't have been more perfect. Little miracles. I stayed awake through all of physics. In writing seminar, I felt as though the professor and other kids cared about what I said for once. As I greeted the gentle sunshine after class, literally 8 different friends smiled and waved to me on my way back to Hill. If at this point I was still not inclined to acknowledge the Son's love that envelops me now and forevermore, it would be because of my debilitating midafternoon hunger. I made a mental note to never again find myself with 10 meals and $.94 dining balance a month before the end of school. However, as soon as I cross 34th I got a text saying my dinner was covered i.e. my friend in Skirkanich saved me some top-notch sandwiches. I did not wait for dinner. Even my volunteering in the hospital wasn't spared from grace. I had been thinking for a long time how to ask the staff bout what happened to the nice, old secretary lady who hasn't come in two weeks, fearing the gravity or awkwardness in the case that she died. But today I found her sitting at her desk normal as can be.

Now this entry isn't to simply catalog every instance He's shown His face (this blog would probably be updated more regularly if that were the case). He's done/doing that a million times over. Earlier today I told a friend about how I was "overdosing in Jesus' love." But I now realize how misguided that statement is. Everyone overdoses in Jesus' love; it's how we're here, why we are able to love and forgive one another. If you're flushed in a vat with 739 +/- ∞ Molarity Lo(VE), it's only natural to overdose. Furthermore, the vat solution has an extremely large Ka that takes even the weakest acids to brilliant product, calmed and neutralized by the union of our strong base i.e. Jesus Christ.

(Someone bludgeon me over the skull before I even think about becoming a pastor).

Not only does God loves us, but He is sovereign. He knows what you and I were thinking before we spawned the necessary synapses. So what's that to say? Well for one, if I were in that position I'd probably sometimes let my standards slide just teensy bit. Or at least have varying degrees to which I love. But God says, "No." Each one is loved equally and unconditionally. So even if it's not in Christ, I feel like all my human brethren are my brothers and sisters as God's beloved children. We're all connected. Whatever we think, say, or do, it is meant to somehow bless someone; it's all in His plan. What an awesome predicament, thank you God.

And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that in all things at all times, having all that you need, you will abound in every good work.
--2 Corinthians 9:8
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