All Things Bright And Beautiful

i am wrapping up the work i'm doing here, and the thing is , i'm not sure that i've helped bring any kind of restoration to the coast.....

my close friend and roommate left yesterday to start seminary at Princeton, i miss her more than could've imagined....

i'm almost out of money but somehow have to move to Austin, get an apartment, pay for car insurance/gas, and maybe buy groceries,(and i need some major dental work done!) and there is no foreseeable way my money will stretch that far....

i think i have food poisoning (round 2)...

i could be sad. i could be freaking out (i am a little).

BUT...

yesterday i heard a sermon that reminded me that worship, aside from being the good and right thing to do, should be beautiful. i find i worship best by telling stories of God's goodness and grace and faithfulness. and i worship best by hearing others stories of God's goodness and beauty.

yesterday after church, my friend and i had the chance to lay by a hotel pool. she was trying to help me not miss Brenna so much. the pool was cool and refreshing, the sunshine was in full force and we had plenty of good books to read. i think that that time was holier than it looked. we got to be really thankful for good health. we got some much needed rest. we talked about God and His love for us and what that might mean or how that might look. and we sipped fruity drinks. It was the perfect way i could have spent my day.....

i woke up this morning, after a really long night of being achy and having food poisoning to an empty house.. someone had left the music on and if wafted from room to room making everything feel brighter.

tonight my friend, who is five, is coming over to have a princess sleepover. we will be watching the little mermaid, making rice krispie treats and painting our toenails....i am thankful for my little friend who is so full of joy about being together she almost mauled me at church yesterday.


i've been bummed out by seeing article after article, editorial after editorial and news program after news program about how much people hate undocumented people. it makes me sad to think we could hate anybody based on their legal status...but received an email from a man whose church is organizing an English as a Second Language Class, north of the gulf coast, in a little town in Mississippi. Amazing, just when i thought i'd throw in the towel, this group of people tells me they want to help their new neighbors to live better lives- and they wan to start by helping them learn to speak English. there is brotherly love in the world!




And for what else are we thankful??

please humor me by adding your stories of God's goodness and beauty below...
thanks!