Life is Beautiful

This song just moved to the top of my favories list of all my songs, bumping off Something Beautiful by Newsboys. Never in my life has something like this occured before because I get really attached to things. If I love something there's usually a very strong reason behind it, let alone if it's my absolute favorite.

Yet. Everything about this song is perfect. The background music... the slow buildup to a rising climax. I LOVE combined voices singing like what happens at the end. But especially the lyrics. It is my life. ALL of it, but especially this part.

Life is beautiful
But it's complicated, we barely make it
We don't need to understand
There are miracles, miracles

Today is a big day for me. Possibly another one of those biggest of my life days. And yet I won't know the result of it for I don't even know how long. But that's ok. My life. I don't UNDERSTAND it. It is so incredibly unbelievably frustrating the amount of shit that can happen. Over and over again without fail. Each one growing bigger than the last. It is so COMPLICATED. And I BARELY make it. Yet. I do. Because there are MIRACLES. Despite everything...LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL.

There is SO MUCH to live for in this world. The people around you, the experiences, memories, and photos we all share. The exquiste taste of food, the touch of someone you care about, the smell of rain, the beauty of nature, the chatter of your friends.

So no matter what happens. Whether I laugh in joy, or I cry in sadness, I realize it's only a part of my life. And there's the rest of my life waiting for me. Right here, right now. And even more splendid, as wonderful as this world is. It is but a SPECK of what is waiting for us in heaven. A minor blip compared to the riches and beauty that we will experience. How can we not rejoice in happiness and excitement! La vida es bella. :)

3 verses pop to my mind today.
First, love and enjoy the world because it is God's creation to us.
John 1:3

Second, enjoy the world but do not put anything above our Lord.
1 John 2: 15-17.

Third, this is what true love should be.
1 John 4:18