A Little More

So tonight I have another confession to make ... seems to be a theme for me as this year begins, huh? It's been quite a while, a long while, since I took Oliver the wiener dog for a walk. Actually, it's been quite a while since I did any type of exercise ... I haven't been walking or biking or lifting weights. The truth is I've been a lazy slug for the last few weeks, and there's no legitimate reason for my lack of physical activity either ...  I've been just plain old lazy. OK, maybe there's a little more to it than just being lazy, maybe it has way more to do with my mental state than my physical one. But Ollie was a frenzied wild man this evening when I got home, and since it wasn't bitterly cold outside, I changed clothes and took him for a walk. And almost as soon as we walked out of the garage, I was filled with emotion ... my little dog was so excited to be out of the house and heading for the trail that he was practically prancing down the street.

Ollie and I walked for about an hour ... well, it would be more accurate to say that I spent that hour trying to keep up with my wiener dog as he raced ahead of me. It wasn't until we had been walking for about a half-hour that I realized I hadn't turned on my iPod. Yep, I had the earphones in my ears and the iPod in my pocket, but I had failed to turn on the music ... oh, wow ... there's a big lesson in that, friends, having the earphones in my ears and the iPod in my pocket but not turning on the music ... wow, wow, wow. As I thumbed through the various artists and albums, I decided to just hit the shuffle button and let the iPod play its own choices since I couldn't settle on any one type of music. A song by Jennifer Knapp began to sound in my ears, and once again tears sprang to my eyes as the words struck a chord deep within my soul. Words about God's grace ... words about the grace I so don't deserve.

"Turn Your eyes from on this way
I have proved to live a dastardly day
I hid my face from the saints and the angels who sing of Your Glory

What You had in mind
When we seek we'll find shine show me grace

A little more than I can give
A little more than I deserve
Unearth this holiness I can't earn
It's a little more than I can give
A little more than I deserve

For all the sin that lives in me
It took a nail to set me free still,
What I do I don't want to do and so goes the story

What You had in mind
When we seek we'll find, shine, show me grace

A little more than I can give
A little more than I deserve
Unearth this holiness I can't earn
It's a little more than I can give
A little more than I deserve

With all this motivation I still find a hesitation deep in my soul
Despite all my demanding I still find You understanding
Show me Grace show me Grace I know is...

A little more than I can give
A little more than I deserve
Unearth this holiness I can't earn
It's a little more than I can give
A little more than I deserve."