in the Light

Have you ever woken up in the morning with a song running through your head that you haven't heard in forever? (I mean, there's no reason for this tune to be there!)
Well, this morning I found myself humming,

I wanna be in the light
As You are in the light
I wanna shine like the stars in the heaven
Oh, Lord be my light
And be my Salvation
'Cause all I want is to be in the light
All I want is to be in the light...
-In the Light (DC Talk like what?!)

(I blamed the lack of sleep and central time zone, haha--"this only serves to confirm my suspicions, that I'm still in need of a Savior!")
Then, I looked out the window (ps, we were embarking on our 12hr drive home from Chicago) and notice this---->
:) so flipping cool...like a laser of sunshine piercing above/through the clouds. Then I opened my journal to keep processing through all of this and remember that the day before I had written down Ephesians 5:8-10~
"Walk as children of the light (for the fruit of the light is found in all that is good and right and true), and try to discern what is pleasing to the Lord."

'Wow God, that's neat..' THEN I decided to look up today's My Utmost for His Highest...
"The Holy Spirit cannot be located as a Guest in a house, He invades everything...He takes charge of everything, my part is to walk in the light and to obey all that He reveals."

I was just struck by how much that Oswald Chamber's insight matched up with what I could see out my window...there's the sword of light on top, but there's also light coming up from the bottom to permeate the rest of the sky. haha, granted I'm basing all of these connections off of one word, but what a powerful Word!

Matthew 5:14-16~"You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden. Nor do people light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a stand, and it gives light to all in the house. In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven."

hm, so sometimes it's meant to pierce, sometimes it's meant to permeate, sometimes it's both!
And I have to share the rest of the sunrise with you (the part that I caught, at least)...












(the laser eventually went away, but it was still amazing :)
Does it just put you in awe of our Creator? That He would choose to wake us up and share that with us? ahhh, I LOVE Him!!! Another bonus from the road trip, found that verse(s) that justifies why I've gotten so lost looking at the sky lately:
Psalm 8:1, 3-4



O Lord, our Lord,
how majestic is Your Name in all the
earth!
You have set Your Glory above the
heavens.
When I look at Your heavens, the work
of Your fingers,
the moon and the stars, which You
have set in place,
What is man that You are mindful of
him,
and the son of man that You care for
him?

=)
I hope you can take a moment (or several!) to dwell on His Majesty this week...