Rainy Thursday...

Today has been a lazy day to say the least. My first class was cancelled and I almost skipped my second. But luckily for me I decided to go and on the way I got sprayed by a car driving through a small river that had formed on Howard St due to the rain. The driver was paying absolutely no attention to what he was doing and in his daze he soaked both of my legs from the knee down. Perfect. For those of you who haven't had the pleasure of being sprayed by a car on a rainy day and are wondering what its like, its not very fun. Nothing like running through a sprinkler on a warm day. Its cold, frustrating, you have the clothes you were planning on wearing all day, and then you get to sit through class with cold wet pants... Thats enough, I'm done with my pitty party.

I do enjoy the rain. It offers a time to slow down and reflect. I feel like I have a lot to sit and think about. I feel like the Lord has been teaching me so much, so much so that I am afraid I'm not going to be able to keep track of it all! I have been enjoying the time I have been able to spend on my own with the Lord in the passed week or so. It has given me time to rest in the Lord and realign myself with His will for my life. Its crazy how when you lean into Him how he pours into you more than you can even handle! I am blown away by His love for me. 

Its been crazy to see the Lord working in my life, through things that I wouldn't have picked for myself but what the Lord has used to refine me. Surrender has been huge for me lately and with surrender I have also realized how my prayers for surrender maybe have been misguided. Although I've been praying for "good" things, I realized I have been praying for them for the wrong reasons. Even for things like resolution in a relationship, if it ultimately isn't so that the Lord can be seen in the relationship then I have been praying for the wrong reasons. Everything I do should bring glory to the Lord and be in line with Him. 

There has been so much going on I can't write it all down. I have been enjoying conversations I have been able to have with people where I have been able to hear what they are learning. Its great to talk through things with people to seek their views and compare them to what I have been learning. I am at a point in my life where I am really interested in the people close to me. I really want to know what is going on in their lives, I have been so blessed with great friends that care about me and what is going on in my life. I am really trying to soak this time up before I move into the season of my life. On the flip side of that if I'm talking to someone who isn't interested in having an active conversation or isn't interested in what I am saying, I don't feel the need to keep pushing something that isn't there. No hard feelings, I just am not in a place where I feel I have to pour into something that isn't mutual. 

I made a collage the other day with some help from Scott and Charles. I also inspired Charles to make one of his own. They are both on display on our fridge. I tried to upload a picture of it but it wouldn't let me... So if you want to see them you'll just have to come over and check them out!