Can I lie here in Your arms
Can I lie here in Your arms
My only calm is You
Save me

Can I lie here in Your arms
Can I lie here in Your arms
My only thought is You
Save me

Can I lie here in Your arms
Can I lie here in Your arms
My happiness is You
Save me

Oh how lovely this place
To be with You
To be with You

Oh the brightness of Your face
Here with You
Here with You

Oh my only calm is You
Oh my only thought is You
Oh my happiness is You
Oh my happiness is You

To be with You
To be with You
Save me

~David Crowder Band~

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Gotta wake up for work in about two hours.  Life is good.  Generic statement, I know... but life is good.  I am so thankful for all my friends and family.  I'm thankful for Beth Hallel and having such a wonderful place to worship.  I have a nice house to live in, plenty of food to eat (too much at times... which makes me happy), and a bed to sleep in.  I'm thankful for my job at Starbucks.  I'm very blessed and so thankful that my life is "good."

But I still catch myself worrying about the future.  In fact, I'm constantly being reminded every time I go to temple or every time my parents have friends over at the house.  "So... what's next?" or "So how's the job search going?" or "Have you gotten in with CNN yet?"
NO!  I haven't, ok?  And I won't next time you ask me either, so why don't you save your breath and my time by asking me a less rude question next time you see me.  [ok, slightly venting now... sorry.]  I mean, I understand people are curious and care about what's going on in my life.  It just gets old... especially since I'm not doing anything with film.  I can always detect a hint of concern/disapproval in most people's reactions when I tell them I'm working at Starbucks.

*sigh*

That's one reason why I love that David Crowder song.  My only calm is You.  Gosh, I love that lyric.  Yes, a lot of things can calm me in this world... friends, brothers, sisters, parents, rabbis (is that the plural for rabbi??), kittens, rainy days, coffee... but really, nothing is quite as calming as my God.  And this is what I struggle to remember in my "good" life.  Nothing else matters!  "Wait, what'd you say, Micah?"  Nothing else matters.  My relationship with my heavenly Father is the only thing I should be worried about.  Everything else will fall into place... including my career.

So above all, I am thankful for having that relationship with my Lord.  He is too good to me.

My allergies seem to be more active than usual these past couple of days.  Not sure why other than maybe irritation from some lake water(?).  I hate sneezing.  It can be so violent.

Spent seven and a half hours in Waffle House last night / this morning.  Listened to an employee rant and shout about some guy that came in.  Great success.  Watched the sunrise at Lake Acworth.

Lunch with Rabbi Kevin discussing life and future Israel trip.

Spent $91.11 at Target buying my black Starbucks clothes, a Lennon t-shirt and the new Matisyahu CD.

Now I'm just trying to create a kleenex dam to stop the wild river flowing fiercely from my nostrils.

I don't think I will be sleeping tonight.  At approximately 6:30am Ben's alarm will go off and we will be getting ready to leave for our 7am bike ride to Lake Acworth.  This is my redemption for sleeping in every day this past week.  I told myself on several occasions that I would wake up early (or even on time) to work out with Ben and Johnathan... or to go running by myself.  Never happened.  Instead I sleep in until about noon... 1:30... 2:00.  It's a love/hate thing because I feel like crap for doing it, but it feels so good(right) at the time.  I don't want to leave my warm nest I have formed throughout the night.  It's not even that I'm completely exhausted from staying up late, I think I just don't like getting out of bed.  I guess that's pretty obvious.  That's why most people sleep in, right?

I'm definitely a night person.  I feel the most awake at night.  I get the most creative energy late at night.  Sometimes I wish I was a morning person because I love the feel of the morning.  I enjoy drinking coffee while watching the sunrise through the trees in my backyard.  The lighting is beautiful... moreso than at sunset.  It's a softer light.  More peaceful.  Also, the temperature is nicer early in the morning.  It's usually a calm time of day.