THIS is what I am experiencing this week just outside my office window. This is not an exaggeration. My eyes sometimes cannot believe what they are seeing. My gratitude overflows.

Don’t let artificial light and city streets keep you from noticing sunsets and sunrises, from experiencing the spring of new life and the harvest of fall. – M. Basil Pennington

I am so grateful for the new experiences God has given to us. Good and not so good. Every day is an adventure, like a new chapter of a really great book. Some experiences are quiet and reflective, some are panic-inducing. Some are like a great carnival ride, and some are like walking through a haunted house.

You saw me before I was born.
    Every day of my life was recorded in your book.
Every moment was laid out
    before a single day had passed. – Psalm 139:16

I am grateful beyond grateful that God orders my steps and knows what tomorrow will be. He’s the operator. I am just along for the ride.