New Day, New Blessings

I don't know about you, but my day was busy! From work, to classes, to going to see The Chronicles of Narnia, I was going like crazy. It was a good crazy though. . . .For the most part. I won't bore you with disgustingly indifferent details. Knowing it was busy is enough. But welcome to the life of a college student. :)

Let me start off by telling you some of the things God pointed out to me today. (I find trying to write them out makes me realize how much He really is teaching me. So bear with me!) Chapel was an encouragement, and a rebuke. Is my life so consumed with God that people that are around me see Him, and not pitiful little me? I submit that it's not. I am working hard to become "so lost in God that people have to seek Him to find me," but I'm not there. By any stretch of my very vivid imagination.

Secondly, watching The Chronicles of Narnia tonight just gave me a renewed appreciation for how much Jesus really does love us. We take the children's song for granted so much. The Bible really does tell us that Jesus loves us, even in our disgusting, traitorous, rotten state. He willingly took our place because He knows us each by name and wants to spend eternity with us. That's a lot of love. If I had been in His position, I wouldn't love me. But for reasons I can't even fathom, my limitless, perfect Lord chose to be limited in human form, and take the filthy rags of my sin and guilt so that I could have His righteousness. Weird, I know. But it's so true.

In thinking about tomorrow's "holiday" I was a bit saddened because I don't have "that special someone." But really, I do. I have the best, most Precious Love of my life. And the best part? He'll never break up with me, He'll never stop loving me, and He'll never get tired of me. Where else am I going to find that?! Yeah. . . . Valentine's Day isn't so bad after all for us single folk. :)

Anyways, back to Narnia. . . . I have always loved the series, and was excited to see it. The message of it is incredible (as aforementioned). I love that God has given us small blessings that we don't even think about. Like drama and literature. People laugh at me for my nerdy tendencies when it comes to these subjects, but if you think about it, God could easily have given us a boring old life with no stories, no way to experience things outside of our understanding. They can be such useful tools in conveying messages that need to be heard by those who would otherwise never hear it.

Anywho. I'll get off my soapbox before I really get going. . . . :) I need to head to bed. If you think of it, pray for me around 9:15 tomorrow. I'm going to the dentist for a possibly really bad tooth problem. Pray that I don't freak out (I hate dentists). And pray that it's a simple fix. . . not something super expensive or painful. Thanks guys! :)  Praying for you all as well.
Rebekah