Clouds

Praise God, He's so wonderful! This morning when I stepped outside it was such a nice surprise to feel the warm air! I was expecting the morning to follow the suite of the past few days and be bone chilling cold. The air was a little breezy but it was so warm for being 6:40 am that it was comforting and relaxing. It was familiar though, the warm air, it happens sometimes in fall, and it happened alot last year. Some how it triggered memories from last year and I was sucked into the feeling that I had been in that exact moment of time once before. The devil was trying to make me miss my past so that I'd stumble. I keep telling him it's not going to work, but he keeps trying, what a dummy he is. The exact thikng I was doing in that moment of time was completely erased from my mind, (I have a few ideas) but the strong emotions remained, reminding me of my past and how God brought me out of all of it.
When I turned on my samsung to listen to some music, the song was "Gravity" by Shawn McDonald, which was my favorite song for the first month or so after I got saved. As I was listening to it and looking at the sky that was just starting to get light, I was overcome with emotion and started praising God for everything He has done in my life. God really opened my eyes and reminded me more and more of what He brought me out of, and I felt that same feeling as I did the night I got saved. Just like that night in March, everything looked different, but I appreciated it more, it was like seeing the world for the first time and I suddenly felt so small, but safe because I am the servant of Mighty God. The bus came and we started to drive away from the soft pink, but ordinary clouds of dawn. It was dark on the bus, and God laid on my heart to turn to Psalms 108. Of course, I dug out my bible on the spot, excited to see what God had in store for me.
I used the light from my samsung to read the Psalm and the first five verses say: "My heart is confident in you, O God; no wonder I can sing your praises with all my heart! Wake up, lyre and harp! I will wake the dawn with my song. I will thank you, Lord, among all the people. I will sing your praises among the nations. For your unfailing love is higher than the heavens. Your faithfulness reaches to the clouds. Be exalted, O God, above the highest heavens. May your glory shine over all the earth." God was speaking to me so specifically through His Word, I felt the words of the song so true in that moment. Praise Him that even though David wrote the Psalms so long ago, they are still made alive by the Holy Spirit!
I was absorbing all of what God was telling me and as we rounded the corner, the soft pink clouds we had left behind us had turned into one of the most vivid and beautiful sunrises I had ever seen! The reds, oranges, and pinks cast such a warm cheerful glow on the earth, I was lost in its beauty. We traveled along through town and on the old highway, Mount Si stood so boldly, the colorful sky behind it making the mountain a solid black. Still taking in the awe- inspiring view I remebered that old saying, "Red sky at night, a sailor's delight. Red sky in morning, sailors take warning." I realized that the brilliant sunrise would only last so long before there was a storm. I felt tricked and betrayed by the warm air and beautiful sky. God reminded me to enjoy the sunrise while it was here and worry about the storm when it happens.
How true this is for everyday life! God wants to enjoy and live in the joy He gives us and not let worry about the trouble that may come cloud what is happening right now. By the time I got to school the sunrise was fading into light pink, and then the sky was bright blue with some puffy yellow clouds. The air was so warm, and it still tried to lure me into the past, but I smiled because I knew that my faith in God had become even stronger than before.

Praise God! He is soooo good!

Do you ever just have one of those days where it feels just like any other day and then something comes along and surprises you? Well, today was one of those days, it totally seemed like it was just gonna be a regular thursday but God really surprised me! So, every first Thursday of the month we have this thing at school where everyone reads for thirty minutes. Well, there was a girl who didn't have a book so I told her I had a couple extras and she chose to read my extra Bible. All I could think was, "Praise God that there is a hunger for His Word!" Mount Si is so dry, I've been praying for God to pour out His fire on the school, and I'm so excited that the hunger is appearing. Well, i gotta go but i just wanted to share the news! Praise God!!!