Who likes reading instructions?

Aaron used an excellent idea during his message at our church's high school group tonight. He read through a large portion of Psalm 119, and had the students holler and cheer whenever they heard any word designating the scriptures, like law, instructions, decrees, etc. (all words which don't typically inspire much glee in our culture, of course). The point of this was to help them experience the enthusiasm and love the writer of Psalm 119 had for God's word. It got really loud in that auditorium tonight! It reminded me of the time Aaron and I read through the book of Esther on Purim with our families, complete with the traditional booing and cheering. There is something really soul-stirring to me about reacting to God's word verbally as a community. It's a beautiful thing.

Go me

Welp, I completely forgot to blog yesterday. No gold star at the end of December for me. Maybe I'll try for two posts today... Hmm... That sounds overly ambitious for a mom of a 10-month old. I make no promises!
Last night, I went to a women's Christmas event at my church. It was a lot of fun. I love intergenerational things. They are an awesome part of life, along with Slinkies, lizards, and meals one didn't have to pay for, to mention just a few. I'm glad that heaven is going to be intergenerational to the max ("Hello, nice to meet you, oh, you're from the 4th century B.C.? Solid. Fist bump!")
There was a musical guest at the event, and she was great. She accompanied herself on the piano, and serenaded us with some beautiful and reflective Christmas music. It's inspiring to me to see people work hard at their music and use it in meaningful ways. It gives me energy to keep working on my musical goals. For example, the Sufjan Stevens concert I was able to attend in October has been fueling my creative energy for about a month now. That concert needs to be a whole blog post of its own. I'll post on that sometime this month (if I don't forget like dumdum yesterday Amanda did).