Why the name?

My blog name comes from one of my favorite songs. It's called These Thousand Hills and it's by Third Day.

Here are the lyrics:

These thousand hills roll ever on
In footprints of a Mighty God
They bring me to my knees in praise
Amazing Love, Amazing Grace
Was on a hill my Savior died
A broken heart, a bleeding side
Hill of the skull, Mount Calvary
The blood He shed, He shed for me
When Heaven's hills at last I roam
Forever settle in my home
I'll join the saints around Your throne
Your Kingdom, Lord, rolls ever on
These thousand hills roll ever on
Ripples of a coming storm
The morning star precedes the dawn
These thousand hills roll ever on

I love the imagery this song gives me.

Have you ever stood on a hill looking out around you and realize how big the world really is? Do you imagine the valleys as the footprints of the One who made you and everything around you? I do.

Although, I don't really picture my God to be some vast giant. It's more that He's all around. He is in all things, around all things. He is everywhere.

How can I fear anything knowing that God surrounds me in such a way? How can I ignore that still, small voice in my heart knowing that it's the voice of God.

But I fear. And I ignore. Over and over again. And yet He sent His Son to be the final atoning sacrifice for my sins.

Compared to His presence and His love...anything I say or do is insignificant, but He cares enough for me to surround me and to let me know He's right there. Even when I fail miserably and deny Him.

(Thanks to Abbey for the use of this picture even though I didn't ask. Didn't think she'd mind.)

"There is no pit so deep that God’s love is not deeper still" ~Corrie TenBoom (Holocaust Survivor and author of "The Hiding Place")