This is part one of a multi-part set of postings that I am going to be sharing about the trip to South Dakota that Phil & I were blessed to take.
I have spent several days praying and pondering how I should recap our trip to South Dakota. I was able to write while we were gone each day and as I sat down today to begin the typing process, I pulled out what I wrote and decided I will start by sharing my raw, vulnerable journal that I kept while there.
Day 1
I awakened to the urge to go to the bathroom. It was 4am. As I made my way back to the bed, I tried hard NOT to open my eyes too much because I needed to get to sleep in order to make our 5:30am departure time from the house.
U-N-S-U-C-C-E-S-S-F-U-L!!!!
While lyrics of Wobble (Click here so you can also have the song stuck in your head!) flowed through my head--my mind would not shut off. Which meant my wake up nudge from Phil at 5:00am was met without any resistance.
Into the bathroom I went. Finding my David Crowder Pandora station to get me moving. My morning started.
The following links are the songs that came through my iPad as I was getting ready for this journey.
Those songs were blaring as I was showering. And then it happened, my thoughts could not get away from Jason. I can't explain it. I felt this overwhelming peace & presence. It was unlike any other experience I have ever had. (For those of you who may not know, Jason is my precious friends late husband who went to heaven earlier this year after battling cancer.)
And then..... Beloved Tenth Avenue North came on.
You must realize, the moment that I got the call that Jason had passed & was now meeting his Savior I immediately found myself on youtube playing different music. I was also passing music along to Jason's wife. Music has become our therapy throughout all of this. Beloved was played over and over and over again that day. The song holds many memories/meanings for me.
As soon as this song began playing the tears began to flow like a river. Of course, I sent a quick early morning text to Debbi. Sharing my morning experiences and explaining how no penny was needed this morning (We constantly find pennies from heaven reminding us of Jason.) Jason shared his presence in a totally new way with me this morning.
Through a few text messages later, I found my precious friend was also awakened at 4:00am and had been praying.
Coincidence? NO.WAY! Looking back now I can totally see how God was already preparing us for an incredible trip and there was NOTHING we could have done to orchestrate any of this.
I never expected to wake up super early and hear the songs in the series that I did. I NEVER expected to have an amazing remembrance & feeling of Jason's presence with me. And I certainly didn't think that my precious friend, Debbi would have awakened at the precise time I had and started praying.
That is just how God works in mysterious ways. We certainly can NOT see our future, but we can certainly rest in the fact that there is someone who is crazy in love with us that does.
And that precious friends is how our journey began....
~Misti~
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