SHOUT

Yesterday's reading talked alot about shouting the news and it made me think......When was the last time I shouted?  When was the last time I heard someone shout?

We shout (yell) to each other at my house when we need each other.  We shout (cheer) at ballgames.  My 12-year-old does alot of the shouting--and his noise IS sometimes just out of the joy of life.  I've howled at the moon (a great feeling, if you've never tried it).  I've screamed to relieve great stress when I just couldn't take it.  But shouting in joy......hmmm, not my natural response.

Maybe when I was younger.  Visions of teenage girls squealing over something exciting.  Young men giving the fist pump and the explosive "YES!" when things go their way.  Is this something we give up as we grow older?

Shouting in Bible times was a way to get the news out.  No microphones, no cell phones, no e-mails.  So, perhaps shouting in today's world takes on those forms.  Perhaps this blog in itself is my form of shouting.

So, today, I'm going to shout out and tell you......

I LOVE MY GOD!  I LOVE TO WATCH HIM AT WORK IN PEOPLE'S LIVES!  I LOVE HOW HE SPEAKS TO ME THROUGH HIS WORD AND MAKES WORDS THAT WERE WRITTEN THOUSANDS OF YEARS AGO APPLY TO MY LIFE TODAY!  I LOVE HOW HE PUTS PEOPLE AND EXPERIENCES IN MY LIFE AT JUST THE RIGHT TIME TO KEEP ME IN HIS WILL!  I LOVE THAT HE LOVES ME--THE ONE THAT HAS ALL POWER AND STRENGTH STILL LOOKS DOWN AT LITTLE OL' ME AND SMILES!  YEA, GOD!! I DO LOVE YOU!!