I'd like to tell y'all about how good GOD is and all the crazy awesome things I've witnessed and experienced Him do in my life this past week.
Once upon a time and not long ago... I said "good-bye" to people I loved dearly and the place I had called home for the last 2 years. As we drove out the lane, tears streamed down my face as I waved, hardly being able to believe that it was now my turn to be leaving.
On the way down towards the airport my friend mentioned how she would love to see a bear. So I whispered a short prayer and went back to the "million" thoughts spinning around in my head. [that kind of thing usually happens to me when I leave one place and journey on to another] A little while later what do you know? There it was... a black bear walking across the road! We got right beside it and got to have a good look at it before it ambled off into the bush. It was the cutest small [not baby] just small bear. Like seriously, I wanted to squish it. :)
Then we get to the 11 and I was getting out my passport when my friend remembered she didn't have hers. [she had completely forgotten] *freak out calmly moment* She's like "We can start praying". So we did.
Meanwhile being entertained by the most unique construction sign holding lady I have ever seen. She was dancing, smoking her cigarette, walking around and back and forth on the road swinging the sign in all kinds of directions, singing [or at least doing something with her mouth] checking her phone, eating food and so on. I had never seen the likes. [thankfully we had left early to eat supper so the waiting at construction was kind of okay]
We finally made it to the border. Praying hard by now. We pull into the 1st lane. [he looked like a kind man, but was he?] We get there and she tells him the situation.[gave him my passport and her drivers license] I tell him I'm moving home. He asks a few questions, has us roll the window down, takes a look in the back, goes back in and... not much later tells us we can go. You should've seen the smile on my face, I couldn't contain it. Thank-you GOD!!!
All that said, I never ate supper but I made it on the plane. :) Then on my 1st flight I looked out and saw the rainbow around the plane's shadow which was awesome.
That same day I got to make Dad's birthday cake. [ his favorite, homemade carrot cake with cream cheese frosting =] So we celebrated a few days late, but it was special just the same. :)
Once upon a time and not long ago... I said "good-bye" to people I loved dearly and the place I had called home for the last 2 years. As we drove out the lane, tears streamed down my face as I waved, hardly being able to believe that it was now my turn to be leaving.
On the way down towards the airport my friend mentioned how she would love to see a bear. So I whispered a short prayer and went back to the "million" thoughts spinning around in my head. [that kind of thing usually happens to me when I leave one place and journey on to another] A little while later what do you know? There it was... a black bear walking across the road! We got right beside it and got to have a good look at it before it ambled off into the bush. It was the cutest small [not baby] just small bear. Like seriously, I wanted to squish it. :)
Then we get to the 11 and I was getting out my passport when my friend remembered she didn't have hers. [she had completely forgotten] *freak out calmly moment* She's like "We can start praying". So we did.
Meanwhile being entertained by the most unique construction sign holding lady I have ever seen. She was dancing, smoking her cigarette, walking around and back and forth on the road swinging the sign in all kinds of directions, singing [or at least doing something with her mouth] checking her phone, eating food and so on. I had never seen the likes. [thankfully we had left early to eat supper so the waiting at construction was kind of okay]
We finally made it to the border. Praying hard by now. We pull into the 1st lane. [he looked like a kind man, but was he?] We get there and she tells him the situation.[gave him my passport and her drivers license] I tell him I'm moving home. He asks a few questions, has us roll the window down, takes a look in the back, goes back in and... not much later tells us we can go. You should've seen the smile on my face, I couldn't contain it. Thank-you GOD!!!
All that said, I never ate supper but I made it on the plane. :) Then on my 1st flight I looked out and saw the rainbow around the plane's shadow which was awesome.
Not long later I looked out and what do you know? There was a big circle rainbow in the sky.
[I've wanted to see one of those for awhile and now I have =]
It was like God was telling me, "I'm with you, I'm taking you home."
The 2nd flight was delayed,
[the beautiful sunset I witnessed while waiting on the plane til we could take off to the skies]
but hey we landed in Philly eventually. :) One of my friends picked me up at the at the airport and we talked like non-stop the whole way home. Imagine that ;)
It was 2 in the morning til I walked in the door here. I was somewhat awake yet so I promptly got out my wall hanging from Camp and put it up on the wall.
That same day I got to make Dad's birthday cake. [ his favorite, homemade carrot cake with cream cheese frosting =] So we celebrated a few days late, but it was special just the same. :)
As if that wasn't enough for one day, Dad drove home a car that evening from work for me to look at. [someone he knew was selling it] So I went out to look at it. I wasn't real sure about it until I discovered the sunroof. Then I was like ecstatic. You see this summer sometime I had randomly prayed and asked God to send me a car with a sunroof and had pretty much forgotten about it til now. I was sold. (or maybe I should say the car was ;) I excitedly told my Dad & my family about that and how God had answered my prayer. :) It's nothing fancy, but God sent it to me & I'm so thankful! [It became mine today =]
Road trips here we come. :)
In the last 2 days I have acquired a PA drivers license. got car insurance, purchased a car. [among other things] Yay! for moving from one country to another. The reality that I am now a Pennsylvania girl is slowly starting to sink in.
You see that big red word. Yea, temporary. That's a word I heard a lot this week. A lot of the official stuff I have right now is just that. Temporary. [until the real ones arrive in the mail =] It was like God was reminding me that this isn't Home, [no matter where He takes me, no matter how much I gain or lose of things on this earth, it's just temporary] Someday He'll call me HOME and it won't be temporary. :) When I rest in the fact that these things, they're not mine, they're His. When I surrender my all knowing that my life, it's not mine, it's HIS! When my heart & treasures are found in HIM then there's a peace that the world can't give and the world can't take away!
So before y'all think that these last 5 days or so has been all sunshine & roses, think again. [Although there has been WARM sunshine & I have seen roses =] I just wanted to Praise GOD for His incredible love, goodness, & faithfulness. Yet the battle is still strong, the struggle is still real, but my GOD who is so big, still cares about the small things. [even me =]
Even though I miss BLC and all my dear friends there, it really is good to be home with my family again! When I stop and think, I'm just overwhelmed by how blessed I am!
still learning while on the journey God has me on, the now PA girl :)
