As I woke up this morning to the blaring of my alarm, I was struck with the fact that 1. I hadn't gotten enough done the previous night, and 2. I really wanted to roll over and stay all curled underneath my wonderful quilt. Unfortunately, I was not able to do that. So I resigned myself to the fact that I had to get up and go to English class. I got all ready, glanced out my window and saw it was cloudy and windy. I grabbed a sweater, thinking it was just going to be cold, and ran down the stairs. I discovered once I got outside that it was raining quite hard. It made the five-eight minute walk to my class rather entertaining and fun. Reminded me quite a lot of a trip to Disneyland a couple years ago, where it was pouring down rain off and on. As I walked to class, I glanced about, watching other people walk by me. Most walked with their hoods up, head down, hands shoved into their pockets, and their steps tired. It made me realize that that's the way a lot of us go through life when we have rain and storms. To bundle up, face the wind, and just get through it, looking for the nearest shelter. While wanting shelter is not bad, people sometimes put too much stock in finding shelter instead of learning from the storm.
Today is a beautiful day. The rain is amazing and everything looks and feels so clean and fresh. It makes me want to go dance barefoot in the rain. I think that's the difference...it doesn't matter what you're going through...if you're focused where you are supposed to be focused, then it won't matter what life throws at you. It's the wonderful thing about being a Christian. You have a Hope and a Joy that comes from something greater than you or this life. It doesn't matter if it's storming out or sunny...whatever is going on doesn't change the fact that your Joy, your Hope is found in Christ.
So go dance in the rain, Christian, because God is good.
Friday, April 20, 2007
Thursday, April 12, 2007
A society that puts equality before freedom will get neither. A society that puts freedom before equality will get a high degree of both.
-Milton Friedman-
"War is a dreadful thing, and I can respect an honest pacifist, though I think he is entirely mistaken. What I cannot understand is this sort of semi-pacifism you get nowadays which gives people the idea that though you have to fight, you ought to do it with a long face and as if you were ashamed of it." -C.S. Lewis-
keep my brother and sister-in-law in prayer.
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