Because I Need To Cheer Myself Up

Grad school was extra evil today. I need to think happy thoughts, so I'm going to post only happy things that cheer me up.

#1: I heard this song on the radio on the way home and found myself smiling, despite my terrible day because it was exactly what I needed to hear.



It's impossible for me not to smile when I hear that song.

#2: This song was on the radio this morning, too. I love it. It's by a new group called City Harmonic. I don't really care much about music videos, but I could only find links for these two songs on YouTube. So if you don't like watching the video, just look away for a couple minutes or scroll down or something. Listen to it, though! It has a great piano part, too. Maybe I'll learn it someday.



#3: Also, since I feel like I re-evaluate my life plans every 3 seconds these days, this verse is a lovely one to read over and over:
"In his heart a man plans his course, but the Lord determines his steps." Proverbs 16:9

#4: I'll end with one of my all-time favorite passages, Psalm 139. Go read it. Below is my favorite part of the psalm. I almost have the entire psalm committed to memory. I've turned to it so many times that if I flip through the pages, my Bible will occasionally fall open to it.

"Where can I go from your Spirit?
Where can I flee from your presence?
If I go up to the heavens, you are there;
if I make my bed in the depths, you are there.
If I rise on the wings of the dawn,
if I settle on the far side of the sea,
even there your hand will guide me,
your right hand will hold me fast.

If I say, 'Surely the darkness will hide me
and the light become night around me,'
even the darkness will not be dark to you;
the night will shine like the day,
for darkness is as light to you."

Even the darkness will not be dark to you; the night will shine like the day, for darkness is as light to you.

I have a feeling I will find comfort in that verse for the rest of my life.