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I was on the ferris wheel with my son tonight for the last ride of the evening. He was exhausted but content, enjoying the view. He looked at me and said, “I can’t wait to be a grown up so I can go on a honeymoon at the fair.”

“Really,” I smiled back thoroughly entertained by the thought, “what’s a honeymoon?”

He looked at me like I must have amnesia or something and smirked, “you know - a date mom.”

Of course it is, I thought.

Then after a few moments he looked at me again and said, “I had a great time at the fair mom, thanks for bringing me. You’re the best mom in the whole world.”

[[Sigh]] Life simply does not get any better than this!

If I had no voice to proclaim Your greatness,

Every cell of my being would declare the awesomeness of Your creative power.

If I had no legs to dance in passionate expression,
My spirit would yet whirl in ardent praise in the presence of Your Holiness.

If I had no hands to lift in surrender to You,
My heart would, in an instant, relinquish it’s rhythm upon Your entreat.

If I lacked senses to see, hear, touch or smell,
Your existence would still be unmistakable, undeniable…irresistible.

The insufficiency of my faculties, therefore, is of little consequence.
What is physical is mere illusion, what is spiritual is the true reality.
My sole possession, my will, considers both and reckons between the two.

As I pursue Your Spirit, embracing Truth, worshiping what is unmistakable…I am increasingly in awe of what I can not see, but, yet can not ignore. And, I’m forever humbled by the revelation that You, a Being so infinite and complete, find me as I find You….irresistable.