what joy

You made a way when there was no way

You covered heaviness with garments of praise

You wrote a song and You're singing it over me

i feel a dead heart beating now

this revelation makes me wanna shout

that Jesus has been sent

and everything is different

You turn ashes into beauty

You are for me

not against me now

You found me somehow

You turn mourning into dancing

You turn weeping into a joyful noise

oh rejoice!

{everything is different shane & shane}

this day is the most miraculous day i've lived yet.  my friend just said to me,  "you have your best friend back".   and that's exactly what i'm celebrating.  and as with each new step during this process, even the ones that have me soaring, new fears arise in my heart.  but, today, they will have no place.  i will declare right now that as far as my concerns for the future, God will surely be enough.  my heart can rest in that tonight, because i'll allow nothing to steal the joy God's freely poured out on us today.

so, yes, today.  i came in today normal time (which has tended to be his sleepiest/most sedated time of the day lately) and expected to see the same person i saw yesterday.  i didn't see the same person.  

the person i met today smiled when i came in.  

we ended up spending over four hours in "conversation" (meaning me trying to create "yes" or "no" questions that he can answer with a nod or shake).  

when i asked the one i've been longing for if i could give him a kiss, he right away pursed his lips to give me one.  

we had hard conversations about what happened.  

we cried together.  

i held him.  

and when i would quiet, and ask if he wanted to to keep talking, i would see a yes.  

leaping heart. 

highest thanks and glory alone to Jesus.  

yes, the Lord has done amazing things for us!  what joy!  psalm 126:3

i am the Lord, the God of all the peoples of the world.  is anything too hard for me?  jeremiah 32:27