Hallelujah Moments

   It's been quite a while since I've posted mostly due to moving from Michigan back to Kansas!  We've been here just over a month and still settling in.  Bruce has found a job to supplement his part time position at the church, and I'm still looking.  I don't seem to be accomplishing a lot since all of the boxes everywhere leave me feeling quite overwhelmed and in a dilemma as to where to start!
   This morning, as I was finishing my coffee, I was on Facebook and read a post from Faith & Worship, one of my favorite websites.  John Birch writes poems along with all of the wonderful worship resources he shares on the site.  Today's poem was about Hallelujah Moments-I shared it on our wall.  Hallelujah Moments-answers to prayer, the many ways God steps in to intervene, the homegoing of a loved one after suffering.  All of those moments when God has reminded us that He does indeed keep His promises and that He is indeed Faithful and True.
   As I read and re-read the poem, I realized that some of those moments are shouted loudly.  HALLELUJAH!!!  Others, are a very quiet, hal-le-lu-jah...  All mean the same thing, Thank You, LORD.  One of the Hallelujah Moments Bruce and I love to share is when we were first married and so broke we were down to our last meal-some rice, some cheese and some turnip greens with a little bit of butter that I was going to turn into a casserole.  Friends called and asked if they could come over, and did-with four bags of groceries.  The LORD had laid on their heart that we needed help.  That was a HALLELUJAH!!!  And then there has been Bruce's dad and my mom, going home after months and years of being sick.  Thank You, LORD, hal-le-lu-jah...through the tears.
   So I am considering a challenge for both myself and my friends on Facebook.  Once a week asking for Hallelujah Moments.  Maybe it's something that happened a long time ago, hopefully something this week even if it is as simple as the beauty and fragrance of a rose.  And I will be re-posting John's poem to help remind me and all of us of what is a Hallelujah Moment.  Last November, every day I posted something I was thankful for.  Maybe this is appropriate to show up now.  Halfway through the summer, we can start to forget being thankful and counting our blessings.  As we are coming up on Christmas in July, maybe we need the reminder of God's faithfulness to us and how we need to say thank you.
  So thank You, Father, for this Hallelujah Moment.  A poem that spoke so deeply to my soul and spirit, not just to be thankful for but to also put into action as I seek Your face and let You lead me.  Amen.