warm days

Today, it is the perfect weather. Not cold. Not hot. Just right. With a soft breeze. Sun shining. I am once again thankful to live on the ocean. I haven't been down there for a while due to the bitter cold weather... but today, Vanessa and I ventured down there.

Vanessa whipped out her nice cam

snapped a little shot of us

this is literally a 2 minute walk away from my house.

got a shot of her getting a shot

flying birds

I love their reflection

thankful thankful thankful

mystery.

This may be jumbled. These are simply my thoughts this morning.

I am young. 22 years, 9 months and 17 days- to be exact. The more time goes by and the older I get, the more I learn about God. The more I learn about God, the more I learn how much I don't know about God. They mystery of God- the Trinity- God in the flesh, Jesus Christ- the Holy Spirit dwelling inside of me... wow. I lose sleep over this stuff.

God. Really became a man? yes.

Philippians 2:6-11. Really? yes.

God doesn't live in time. He's in the beginning, right now, and the end. In this very moment I type. Really? yes.

Jesus cried out to God in desperation before being arrested because he knew what was to come. He is a man. He is fully God. Really? yes.

The Holy Spirit is just as much God as the Father and the Son. Really? yes.

They're 3. They're 1. They're 1. They're 3. Really? yes.

These "really's" aren't doubt- they're simply grappling over and over and over trying to wrap my mind around these truths.

The one that gets me the most is Jesus- stepping down from heaven in all his authority and becoming a man. umm... an infant. helpless. what? really? whoa. He was a child, a teenager, a young adult. Jesus expanded the Kingdom of God on earth. He is why I share in this Kingdom- I have been grafted in. I'm not from Jewish descent. whoa. As I write this my mind is racing trying to somehow wrap my mind around this concept... but it can't. shesh. God himself- as a man- was the sacrifice so I could share in his Kingdom. He loves all mankind. He always has. From this point on I'll just be rambling... so I shall stop :)

I could write endlessly on this... the mysteries of God... and I'm only 22 years, 9 months, and 17 days old. There is so much more to discover.

nannying in the snow.

I dressed Blake up in all his snow gear and sent him outside to play. Maybe he'll tire himself out and take a nap later? :)

today, it snowed.

hi friends.

this is what I woke up to this morning.

It sure is pretty.

I wish snow brought me as much joy as it does dread. 

Regent had a 2 hour delay today- hooray!! To bad my class started at 10:30.... 

Running a tad bit behind, I approached my snow-covered car. I took a notebook out and scraped my windows clean. As I scraped off the first thick layer of snow the wind shifted and the snow completely covered me head to toe as I said out loud to myself, "really?" I proceeded to scrape and scrape and scrape and came to grips with the fact I'd be going to school wet today. I tossed my snowy notebook into the back of my car and got in... I put my head on the steering wheel knowing that only slushy, slick roads and scared, slow drivers were ahead of me on my trek from the oceanfront to Regent and prepared myself. I said, "God, please help me... I'm not very happy right now", and then started driving. The traffic was slow and at one point bumper to bumper. I passed several accidents as my heart broke knowing those peoples days were ruined (But, praise God there were no ambulances!). I pulled into the library parking lot a few minutes late, but thankfully finding parking was not a problem! I suppose many did not see the worth in venturing out in the snow for class, understandably. As soon as I got to class, I was able to relax and enjoy some Robert Frost. Now, I'm not one for literature and poems, but today I especially enjoyed it. Now that it is 12:40pm, I look back on my morning and I am disappointed in my pessimistic view and semi-bad attitude. The Lord is so good to me- what do I really have to complain about? Nothing. Praise God for his grace and his love for me! Today, is a good day :)