such a crazy day today has been... i finally went swimming for the first time in FOR-EV-ER. and it felt great! but then it thundered so i had to get out... i was so bummed... then i got caught in a monsoon walking from the gym.. i mean straight up 40 days and 40 nights, Noah style. it was so fun though... pretty freeing to just run around elons campus with no shoes on!
today i also got this new devotional called Heaven Calling. i was a little skeptical because i love jesus calling but it's so great. i'm a fan. today the verses actually went really well with the verses from jesus calling! and it was very applicable to my life. in jusus calling the verses were 1 corinthians 13:12 and ephesians 3:16-19. 1 corinthians discusses how we are blinded. we look through a mirror right now... we can't see everything. then, in heaven calling, the verses were deuteronomy 3:16 and deuteronomy 31:1-8. both discuss that we cannot worry. we must be bold and courageous for whatever lies ahead. we must have faith because the lord WILL always go ahead of us and will never forsake us.
it's so crazy how these verses come together for me. this morning, i heard that a friend of mine (i grew up swimming with him.. haven't seen him in years) passed away. his birthday is today (2/25) and he passed away yesterday (2/24). he was supposed to be 19. he was a freshman at uncw and loved it. this horrific news came at a troubling time in my life. so, i wonder, what can i do? how can i make things better? that's such a natural thing for me to do... i like to be in control. but, after reading this scripture i realize, i'm looking at all of this in such a skewed way. i don't see the full picture because i'm not supposed to see everything. if i see everything, i will be crushed but he beauty of the lord in it. with that being said, i want to be able to see everything. why? because i think that i'm scared. i don't have the boldness to completely trust the lord with it. in deuteronomy, it says,
"Be strong and bold, have no fear or dread of them, because it is the Lord your God who goes with you; he will not fail you or forsake you." 31:6
that's crazy.... that, right there, gives me the answer to my question. my question of what can i do? the answer: be strong and bold. have no fear, know the lord goes with me. know he will not fail me. i need to realize that what i see is only part of the story. i can't see the rest so i must know that the lord will not forsake me!
what a perfect day for those words to be spoken to me. life is tough. there's no doubt about it. but once i am dancing with jesus, i'll see. i'll see not through clouded vision but clearly. i'll know, the lord always goes before those he loves.
always.
and here's what it looks like to get caught in a rain storm:
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