Moments Made for Worshipping

I can't believe I have a 10 month old and I am in the process of thinking about and planning a 1st birthday celebration! Where did the time go?! I vividly remember laughing at the thought of having a child, and now I am forever changed by him entering my life. I occasionally find myself flipping through his photo album (as if he were getting married next week or something!), and I can't help but wonder, as I realize how quickly time passes, will I be able to remember every moment? I was blessed to have a lot of moments this weekend: snuggling with Sammy in bed after his morning bottle, taking him to the farm to pick apples and pumpkins, playing peek-a-boo over and over again, tickling him until he is screaming with laughter...Photographs capture the physical moment, but what captures the feeling? What captures the pure joy of these moments? Though I realize that the day of him growing his own wings and flying away is still a long way off, this first year has been an abrupt realization that the coming years will go just as quickly. I was driving to work this morning, coming off of the high of a long weekend, and feeling miserable about it. Then a song by Steven Curtis Chapman came on the radio called "Moment Made for Worshipping":

6:30 Monday morning
I'm here hiding in my bed
A song plays on my alarm clock
As I cover up my head
And somewhere in the distance
I remember yesterday
Singing "Hallelujah"
Full of wonder, awe and grace
But now I'm just wondering
Why I don't feel anything
At all

CHORUS:
This is a moment made for worshipping
Cause this is a moment I'm alive
And this is a moment I was made to sing
A song of living sacrifice
For every moment that I live and breathe
This is a moment made for worshipping

When I'm praying with my children
As they're running off to school
When I kiss my wife good morning
Just to say I still love you
When I'm feeling loved and happy
When I'm feeling all alone
When I'm failing to remember
All the love that I've been shown
Every single beat of my heart
Is another new place to start
To know

CHORUS

Every single beat of my heart
Is another new place to start
Right now

CHORUS

From the rising of the sun
To the setting the sun
The name of the Lord is worthy to be praised

I love God's perfect timing, It was a reminder that every moment: moments with my son, moments with uncooperative students, moments when I am tried, moments when I get to be with my family, moments when I feel like I am at the top of my game, and moments when I feel like I am as far from God as I can get. They are ALL moments that He has given me to live and glorify who He is despite my situation--whether it is perfect or a complete disaster.