Changing the World....

This song has been in my head the last few days. Thought I'd share! It's called "One Heartbeat At a Time."

You're up all night with a screaming baby
You run all day at the speed of life
And every day you feel a little bit less
Like the beautiful woman you are

So you fall into bed when you run out of hours
And you wonder if anything worth doing got done
Oh, maybe you just don't know
Or maybe you've forgotten

You, you are changing the world
One little heartbeat at a time
Making history with every touch and every smile
Oh, you, you may not see it now
But I believe that time will tell
How you, you are changing the world
One little heartbeat at a time

With every "I know you can do it"
Every tear that you kiss away
So many little things that seem to go unnoticed
They're just like the drops of rain over time
They become a river

And you, you are changing the world
One little heartbeat at a time
Making history with every touch and every smile
Oh, you, you may not see it now
But I believe that time will tell
How you, you are changing the world
One little heartbeat at a time

You're beautiful
You're beautiful
How you're changing the world
You're changing the world

You, you are changing the world
One little heartbeat at a time
Making history with every touch and every smile
Oh, you, you may not see it now
But I believe that time will tell
How you, you are changing the world
Oh, I believe that you
You are changing the world
One little heartbeat
At a time

And you're changing the world

What a blessing it is to stay at home with Caleb!! I will admit I continue to struggle on a daily, sometimes hourly, basis with choosing joy in the midst of my physical suffering with dizziness and nausea. I am thankful that it is "just allergies" but sometimes I just wish it would go away!! :) It is tempting to let it keep me from enjoying Caleb and getting out and doing things. However, this passage I read recently in 2 Peter really woke me up:

5 For this very reason, make every effort to supplement your faith with virtue,and virtue with knowledge, 6 and knowledge with self-control, and self-control with steadfastness, and steadfastness with godliness, 7 and godliness with brotherly affection, and brotherly affection with love. 8 For if these qualities are yours and are increasing, they keep you from being ineffective or unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. 9 For whoever lacks these qualities is so nearsighted that he is blind, having forgotten that he was cleansed from his former sins.

I have been very ineffective and unfruitful lately! I noticed that it mentioned that these qualities should be INCREASING. Oh how often I get in a rut!! The one I am most challenged by is knowledge. I need to be in God's word so much more than I am.
2 Timothy 3:16 says, "All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness." I am amazed at how God uses His word to meet me right where I am if I just let Him!

Since Marc posted yesterday about baby Caleb, I won't, but man I love this kid: