Me: What a pretty picture of the boat.

Prodigal: Yes, I love how the sky looks.

Me: It brings peace.

The key turns the lock and, I step away to walk across the pavement. I am slowly but, surely headed toward the car. I have had a couple of hours to complete some chores and, ready myself for the day.

I quickly check the purse, so that I know I have not forgotten anything for the day. I then open the car door and sit down so that I can prepare the drive. I bring out the cell phone. I quickly look up a play list. What list will it be?

I choose one and, then hit play. The sound starts playing through the blue tooth and I start pulling my car out of the parking spot. The drive has begun and my next destination is work. The day is sunny and, the sky is blue. There are a couple of clouds and, the traffic is not too bad.

I started singing along to worship. I really sing! In my car, I have the best performances. I can sing as loud as I want too. I can sing from the heart.

“I’ve got a heart overflowing ’cause I’ve been restored.”

“There ain’t nothing gonna steal my joy.”

It is then I began to feel it. I feel the joy, peace and love. God has me today. See I don’t know everything that will happen today. I don’t know how I will fail and, how I will succeed. God has me though. I know that He is my savior and one day. One beautiful day, I will be with Him.

One day on this drive on this sunny day, I feel those emotions, I know this truth. I know that God is with me and I have made friends with the Big Kid on the Block and it doesn’t matter who else is on the block. It doesn’t matter what plans others have on that block or even little kids think they own it. The Big Kid is there to show others that He Loves me and that He is in control.

So I sing…….

“I got a sweet salvation and it’s beautiful”

The words are not just words to a song, they are truth that is spilling out of my spirit. They are truth that I am living in that moment. They are the truth of who God is and who I am.

Eventually I get to work and the private concert stops in the car. Duties and responsibilities take over. I am not longer singing out loud, but my spirit still remembers that at one point of the day, I remembered the joy of the Lord.

Psalm 4:7

You have put more joy in my heart than they have when their grain and wine abound.

Jennifer Van Allen

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