Day One Hundred and Ninety

The Sunday Smiles

Since last Sunday, I've been attending church all by myself. It's a weird feeling not having Adam stand next to me, holding my hand. We love worshipping together. It's one of our favorite times of the week, and I've missed him dearly. And although I'd rather him be there with me, today, God had something different in mind. 

I got into the truck at 11:00 and on the radio, Rich Mullins was singing "Awesome God." Immediately, his voice brought me back to when I was a small little kid, a Mays girl, who used to love singing this song with 4 other freckle-faced redheads. Immediately, I thought of my parents. It was a nice way to start off my day, feeling God and family so near. I took a picture of the song on our radio and sent it to my Mamma, as a 'Good Morning, I'm thinking of you' kind of text. Knowing she'd probably still be in bed (we're 3 hours ahead here), I put the phone in my purse and walked into church. About 2 hours later, once service was over, I found myself sitting in the truck, staring at my phone, tears welling up, awestruck. 4,000 miles away, where my mom and Dan attend church, Life Center opened their service with "Awesome God." She recorded the song as they sang the beautiful lyrics, and sent it to me over text. The video was enough to send chills all over my body. God showed himself so clearly to me today, and though I was alone and without Adam, I could feel the Lord, my Mom, and my family so closely. 

"Our God is an awesome God

He reigns from Heaven above

With wisdom, power, and love,

Our God is an awesome God!"

The rest of the day was spent blissfully in smiles. While Adam watched games at the field, I continued on with my 'alone time' date. Adam's been nagging (yes, nagging) me about my makeup situation and my reluctance to buy things.  You see, I've had the same MAC makeup combination-pack-thingy for about 6 years. Haha. With it, I get my blush, bronzer, a few eyeshadows, and lip and eyebrow color stuff. Gosh, I don't even know the names of these things. Ellie would be ashamed. Anyways, it's fair to say that they've all about reached their time. But since they work just fine, I haven't seen the need to replace them. Adam, on the contrary, feels entirely different. Every time his eyes meet that long black MAC makeup pack, he has something to say about it. "Six years, Kendall. There has to be something wrong with that." Ugh. Well doesn't that just make me sound lovely? I swear I'm not gross! I just don't necessarily like to spend money on face paint, that's all.  But after a few weeks of his insistence, I finally gave in. When Adam came home, I surprised him with my new makeup.  He was eager to see it all, and once I was done showing him, he threw my entire old makeup bag away...including that 6-year MAC thing...with a giant grin. 

And to cap off quite the day, Adam took me for a surprise. He drove us to Barnes and Noble and bought us each our own daily devotional journals. Love him!

OH! Tomorrow he pitches again!!!!! Can't wait! He'll throw 3 innings. Yahoo!