Indescribable

"Indescribable" by Chris Tomlin

From the highest of heights
to the depths of the sea
Creation's revealing Your majesty
From the colors of fall to the fragrance of spring
Every creature unique in the song that it sings


All exclaiming Indescribable, uncontainable,
You placed the stars in the sky and You know them by name.
You are amazing God
All powerful, untameable,
Awestruck we fall to our knees as we humbly proclaim
You are amazing God


Who has told every lightning bolt where it should go
Or seen heavenly storehouses laden with snow
Who imagined the sun and gives source to its light
Yet conceals it to bring us the coolness of night
None can fathom


Indescribable, uncontainable,
You placed the stars in the sky and You know them by name.
You are amazing God
All powerful, untameable,
Awestruck we fall to our knees as we humbly proclaim
You are amazing God
You are amazing God


Indescribable, uncontainable,
You placed the stars in the sky and You know them by name.
You are amazing God
All powerful, untameable,
Awestruck we fall to our knees as we humbly proclaim
You are amazing God



Indescribable, uncontainable,
You placed the stars in the sky and You know them by name.
You are amazing God
Incomparable, unchangeable
You see the depths of my heart and You love me the same
You are amazing God
You are amazing God

These are a few more picture from Petit Jean State Park. To see this park in person is much better than seeing it in pictures. The beauty of God's creation points to an amazing creator. As the song above says, He placed the stars in the sky and He knows them all by name. He sees the depth of my heart and yet He still loves me. The God of the universe loves me and you. There really is nothing else that compares to this.

I love Fall. It's actually my favorite of the four seasons. I have really had the chance this Fall to get out and enjoy the weather and the beauty of God's creation. I'm thankful that God gives us little moments or pieces of time that we can just enjoy beauty (a sunset, a flower, a smile, the changing of leaves, shooting stars, etc.), life and laughter. Sometimes I wonder if God's looking down from heaven and enjoying these little moments also.

God has really changed things in my life recently. Again, I'm struck by how awesome God's plans are for me compared to anything I could come up with on my own. He has provided something that I've spent years praying about. If you completely understood what I was talking about you would be just as amazed at God and how He works. No one knows the future but I can tell you by seeing my present situation and my past that there is a God who loves me and has taken care of me in so many ways. I don't deserve this love but I'm so thankful for it. To God be all the glory, honor and praise for anything good that comes out of my life.

What a Day!

Yesterday started bright and early for me in Little Rock. I participated in the Susan G Komen Race for the Cure 5K run. I've been training for this run for the past 9 weeks because I wanted to be able to jog most of this as opposed to walking my last one. I got to downtown Little Rock about 6:30 am and boy was in freezing! The next big thing that hit me was just how many thousands of people were at this event. I walked up to one long line at one point and asked someone what the line was for and she said, "yogurt." There were tons of vendors giving away free stuff and yogurt was one of them. I however was not going to stand in a very long line just for yogurt. I was actually one of the first people at the starting line. I wanted to do this because I wanted to be able to jog this race so I didn't want to be stuck behind people walking. However, by the time the race started it was crazy how many people were around me. It litterally was wall-to-wall people. If you were standing straight and leaned over just a little in any direction you would bump into someone else.


I thought the race went pretty good (especially for the first one I jogged). However I did have a wardrobe problem that caused problems throughout the race. I learned several weeks ago that when I am jogging I can't have anything in my pockets because the weight and bouncing tends to pull my pants down so I would constantly have to keep tugging at them to stay up. Well, yesterday I had taken off my sweatshirt before I started jogging and tied it around my waist. Unfortunately the weight of this heavy sweatshirt was having the same effect as if I had stuff in my pockets. It was kind of an annoying thing to have to deal with throughout the race but I managed (but might have looked a little funny doing it). :-) There were tons of people lining the race route and that was actually interesting. I've always thought I wouldn't want to exercise in front of too many people (and still don't really) but these people were cheering and encouraging everyone who jogged by them. It actually kind of helped in my opinion. It was neat!



I read on the Arkansas news station's website that there were 45,000 people who walked/jogged this race. That is a ton of people. Supposedly last year's Arkansas' race was the 4th largest in the entire world. I finished the race in 33 minutes and 50 seconds. That's not bad for my first time. I had to stop twice to tie my shoe, once to try to do something with my sweatshirt and pants and I walked 1-2 minutes up part of the third hill. I think I would do it again. It was a good experience and for a good cause.



After this I went pack to Petit Jean State Park and got to see some things that I didn't see the last time. Here are a few pictures:

This picture is from the Petit Jean overlook that is by her gravesite.

This is another one of the same place just a different spot.

This was taken at a different overlook and I just thought the rocks were neat.

This was a neat place that looks like a cave but really was more like a rock shelter. There are indian drawings on the wall but they were a little hard to identify.

This I believe is called "Davies Bridge." It was made by 15-20 men and is one of only 8 remaining masonry bridges in Arkansas (if I remember correctly what the sign said). It was pretty. I love the color of those stones.

This is a picture of Cedar Falls which is the tallest waterfall in Arkansas (see picture on previous post) from a different, much higher perspective.

This is part of a rock grouping called Bear Cave Trail. It was also pretty neat and had amazing views on top of some of the big rocks.

Here is one of those amazing views from the rocks. Can you imagine in a week or so when all the leaves are changing how incredible this view would be. I took a ton more photos and had a hard time picking which ones to put on here. I just really love this park and think that it should be something people take the time to see. It's amazing!

Me and my friend Josh posing for a picture. Again, can you imagine this picture in a week or so when more of the leaves have changed??? Amazing!

To end this eventful and fun day I got to sit and relax for awhile and watch the stars. In fact I saw two shooting stars and that was the first time I had even seen any shooting stars. It was also pretty neat. Unfortunately my day ended all too soon. I had a wonderful day, got to spend time with a great guy and I'm really thankful for it.

I'm amazed at the way God has taken care of me the last several months. I'm thankful that He put a person in my life when I needed someone. I'm thankful that I got to participate in a 5K (jogging no less). If anyone knows me they would know that prior to training for this, the most I had ever jogged was one mile and that was in PE class when I was a freshmen in high school!!! I'm thankful that God let's me enjoy the beauty of His creation. There really is nothing that compares to it. I'm thankful for the Bible and that I have it. I really do love that book. I'm most thankful that the God of the universe knows me completely and He still loves me. That kind of love is priceless. I would be lost without it. I have no idea what the future holds (good or bad) but I know someone who will be with me through it all and for that I am also extremely thankful.

Okay - I've gone on and on and this is a really long post. I'm done for now! :-)

Petit Jean State Park

Last Saturday I had a really fun day at Petit Jean State Park. Here are a few pictures from my trip:

This is a picture of the largest waterfall in Arkansas. It was very pretty...

This is a view from an overlook before we started the hike to the waterfall. The building behind this (that I didn't take a picture of) was very beautiful also. It was the kind of place you would love to just sit and enjoy for awhile.

This is a picture of a natural (I think but maybe not) stone bridge. It was pretty cool. This was towards the end of a 4.5 mile hike through the woods though so we didn't spend much time and I was kind of tired...

This is something called a grotto (might have spelled that wrong). It's kind of like half a cave with a pool of water in it.

As mentioned before, I had a really good time at this park. There was something called the Petit Jean overlook that was extremely beautiful. Unfortunately I left my camera in the car on that one. It definitely warranted some pictures though. Maybe on my next trip I'll get some photos of that spot. On our hikes we ran into a long green snake, an unidentifiable black snake and a tarantula. If you know me at all you would know that I'm petrified of snakes and really don't like spiders either. I'm also not what most people would call an outdoorsy type person but I honestly had more fun then I've had on any other outdoors adventure I've been on. It might have had something to do with the company I went with though... :-) My favorite part of the day was actually relaxing and looking at the stars at night. I love stars!

After getting back I was very sore. I actually cannot believe how many leg muscles you use when you walk through the woods as opposed to just walking normally. It made me smile though for the next few days because I was walking like an old woman. It wasn't so bad once I got going, but standing up and walking or going up/down a stair really hurt. It made me wonder if other people noticed me walking funny... LOL! :-)