hey friends! how are you? can you believe that it's the end of june? it's officially summer. and i haven't posted since december. and, honestly, it may be a bit until i post again. as many of you know, i'm pregnant with our first little one. she's due in the next couple of weeks, and since we found out we were pregnant the end of last year, life has truly not been the same.
we can't wait to meet our little miss! being pregnant has been a tremendous blessing - and a miracle, honestly. we've been talking the last couple days about making a "baby mix" - music that is calming and encouraging and that makes us happy as we prepare for baby girl to arrive, for when we're at the hospital, etc. i heard this song for the first time in a long time the other day, and it nestled itself into my heart. i keep singing it to myself, thinking about the lyrics. the words, in a way, speak to how i feel about this new life, our daughter, entering the world. i told rick that it will definitely be on our baby mix.
i've always loved this song, but it wasn't until today that i learned it's actually a hymn that cat stevens covered. now i love it even more.
Morning has broken, like the first morning
Blackbird has spoken, like the first bird
Praise for the singing, praise for the morning
Praise for them springing fresh from the Word.
Sweet the rain's new fall, sunlit from heaven
Like the first dewfall, on the first grass
Praise for the sweetness of the wet garden
Sprung in completeness where His feet pass.
Mine is the sunlight, mine is the morning
Born of the one light, Eden saw play
Praise with elation, praise every morning
God's recreation of the new day.
