MUSIC!!!!

I've got a ridiculously huge, goofy grin on my face right now, and it's because music is so freaking powerful. I just created a crazy awesome playlist, especially if you're doing something boring at work, cleaning your house, or maybe going to the gym. If you're doing one of those things, this is the playlist you need:

1. Paper Airplanes - M.I.A.

2. Battlefield - Jordin Sparks

3. Empire State of Mind - Jay-Z

4. My Chick Bad - Ludacris (okay so this one is pretty dirty, but listen to it while workin' it on the elliptical and you'll get it)

5. Boom Boom Pow - Black Eyed Peas

6. Hey Ya - Outkast

7. Forever - Chris Brown

8. Amazing - Kanye West

9. Sweet Dreams - Beyonce

10. Weapon of Choice - Fatboy Slim

10. That's Not My Name - The Ting Tings

Typically hip hop isn't my thing, but today it's really hitting the spot.

(Seriously...listen to these songs. They'll turn your day around.)

I know this is irreverent, but

I got divorced today. And this is how I felt about it:

Basically, happy. It's a good day. I'm a free woman and it feels great. I was jittery this morning, and it's been weighing on me pretty heavily all weekend, but it went very smoothly and now that it's done, the sky's the limit for my life.

Now I think I'll go pop open the bottle of champagne I've been saving for this day.

Walking

Six years ago, God gave me a theme. A mission. A message.

Here it is: hope. This is the purpose of my life, the song of my heart.

A few weeks ago I saw an image in my mind to describe what is happening in my life. I was walking down a wooded path, and lining the way there were crowds of people grasping at me, trying to hurt me. They shouted and threw things at me. But every stone or insult they threw missed me because there was a barrier surrounding me. They couldn't see it but I could feel it, and see it. It was like a light in the valley of the shadow of death--I shone, and could not be touched. They weren't aware of my protection, and so they kept trying to hit me, but I knew that all I had to do was keep walking the path with my eyes fixed ahead, and no harm would come to me.

I have such joy, and such assurance of my future. "Be strong and take heart, all you who hope in the Lord." I know this to be true: hope in him does not disappoint.