aquatic gathering anyone?: why i say no.

say hello to the crispiest gal east of texas...(what?)
first intentional and prolonged time in the sun today for, i don't know, a really REALLY long time. with no sunscreen...smart, i know. and now i have some spectacular stripes and bathing suit lines to show for it. and some VERY red skin. but. i remember now why i usually avoid laying out. among other reasons, such as large groups of people, bathing suits, being in the presence of large groups of people IN bathing suits, sights of others in bathing suits, the completely awkward knowledge (whether real or imagined) that EVERYONE sees you practically exposed...no secrets, and the unspoken competition(?) among girls and flaunting/flirting between the sexes, reminiscent of middle school pool parties or PC at spring break. nope, i don't have a soapbox, nor a particular distaste for certain inevitable aspects of summer in these parts.
i really wasn't planning on complaining or venting or whatever that was, and it just came out. focused on God as being Unrivaled today. Focused praying that over my life and others. That Jesus, who truly is Unrivaled in grace, truth, power, wisdom, love, knowledge, strength, patience, and everything else, would be unrivaled in me. That i might give no thing, no emotion, no person, no dream His rightful and unrivaled place as first in my life. Why on earth would we even want anything else? but we do. i do.
Jesus--take Your place
fill Your throne--my heart
be Unrivaled and Unmatched as You are
You ARE. iamnot.
may i worship You as i ought
offer me as i am
fall to be lifted up
open my arms to be embraced
tear down Your rivals in me
and be Unrivaled