Katie's prayer: John David Webster's "Miracle"

Sometimes, things are not what you expect.

I knew my day would be completely full, there would be almost no time to even listen to the song, much less, pray it. The only time I had was an hour in my car, split into two segments, one segment at 7am, the second at 10pm. I decided I would read the lyrics before heading off this morning, since reading lyrics and driving at the same time, not a good idea. I read through the lyrics a few times and pray them a little, already forming a prayer in my head, without even listening to the song.

So I get in my car, hook up my ipod to play nothing but today's song for my morning journey. Thoughts start going through my head about the song, "Hey, I like this beat, it's nice. Nice vocal range, something I might be able to sing along to easily. Nice lyrics too. Wait a second, I don't remember reading that." I get to a stop sign, pull out my ipod and sure enough, the lyrics I'm reading are NOT the lyrics being sung! Completely unexpected.

Such is life for me right now. As much as I'd love to blog about the lyrics of today's song cause they are amazing, I think my prayer for today is really the unexpectedness I'm facing right now. Within the past week, I've realized a few things about my life. And I re-realized them tonight at adoration. There are a select few things in my life that did not and are not going to turn out like I expected. I'm still having a little bit of trouble with that. But I hope and I pray, that this life unexpectedness is like the unexpectedness from this morning, changing my life for the better. While a little surprising to begin with, it was better the lyrics I read were not the lyrics sung. I prayed two songs today, a day when I thought I'd have time for none. My life is better because of that unexpectedness.