God is tricksy sometimes

And I kno-o-ow You gave
The world Your only Son for us.
To kno-o-ow Your name
To live within the Savior's love.
He took my place,
Knowing He'd be crucified
And You loved, You loved
A people undeserving

This little tune was running through my head as I woke up this morning. I don't know the name of it, and these are the only lyrics that I could remember. I don't usually have worship songs running through my head--they have a hard time fighting past the Beatles, James & James, Queen, Weird Al, Aerosmith, and Simon & Garfunkel--so when they do, it usually means something. Today was no exception. I kept singing worship songs--at least, small bits of them--as I got ready for my shower.

While I was showering, I was trying to remember my favorite. The only problem was, I couldn't remember which one was my favorite, but I'd know it when I heard it. Then I thought "Take the Day" and started to sing.

God take the day,
Remove our hearts so we can recover,
Take us away,
Where we won't bow our hearts to another....

And there I broke off singing and froze. For a little while, I've wanted to ask someone out, but she intended to stay single until at least the fall semester, so I was waiting. Toward the end of the semester, all I could think about was being back around her and asking her out.

When my first panic about not coming back in the fall hit, my friend reminded me that God had some plan about it. Now I know what it was--at least, partially. I was already bowing my heart to that woman, and so He took me away. I'm sure that wasn't all He wants to show me through this long break from school, but this was pretty big.

I still can't remember what my favorite song by Anthem is, but I know it's not "Take the Day". That was just the song I needed to think about this morning.