hallelujah

i would like to take a quick moment away from studying "Gender in the Hebrew Bible", because

in my heart, i have the highest praise right now, for things that are so simple.



i slept in today, came into work for an hour. the snow has not stopped, and even now i am watching it just beyond the computer screen.

when i was standing in line for a sandwich after work, watching out the window people walking through the snowflakes, i just could not help but be overwhelmed in the silliest way.

i have a student ID and it pays for my meals. i do not put the money on my card, my parents do not put the money on my card... but i am covered, i am provided for, by graces plenty. i eat well every single day. fresh wheat bread, turkey, fresh fruit, water... it is all so accessible to me. i am so blessed, i thought, and the tears came to my eyes.

i am well rested. i sat and ate my turkey sandwich, soup, and an apple in solitude, thankful to my God that i am here right now. i could be a million different places, with much less than what i have now. i do not deserve this, i know, but i am so grateful and am compelled to use my opportunities to make the love i have known shown. i ate slowly, enjoying so many blessings, facing the window so i could watch the snow come down. i haven't seen this much of it, such plush flakes of it, in a long time. it disrupts what we planned for the day and quiets our hearts for a moment, reminding us that something this beautiful can only be Him.

the library is big and clean, with windows so tall. it feels scholarly. i love the giant, sleek aluminum Macintosh computers inside of it that i get to use. i love that this is my school, my experience, and this is how i imagined the quintessential appalachian day: sweaters, snow boots, difficult and fulfilling reading, people bustling about trying to get things done, paper coffee cups in the hands of many.

okay, back to gender. praises, praises.