amazingly… it’s been raining quite a bit in Colorado lately. It completely poured a few days ago. The grass and trees are really green, and I’m absolutely soaking it up. However, this does not mean our planted plants are growing super-naturally or anything (just the weeds). The flowers and plants are still kind-of dried and slow-going. It’s taken a lot of patience for me to wait for the little buds to open up, but slowly they are.

I do love rain. Honestly, some days, more than sun. I love how it sounds. I love how it feels. When I went to Texas a couple months ago it POURED and Adam and I had to walk for a half hour through it, and it felt so good and wet. I also remember sitting on the back porch of the old historic house I used to work at on rainy days and just watch the rain. I remember it being thick in the air and you couldn’t see very far into the garden behind the house.

If it’s raining where you are, please go take a walk in it (without an umbrella)!

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I work at Cadence International. I’ve had several varied jobs since college and before college. Typist, resident hall advisor, legal assistant, education and marketing coordinator, volunteer coordinator, ice cream scooper. However, now I tell most people I meet that the job I have now is the best I’ve ever had. Why, you may ask? Because I find a lot of purpose in what I’m doing moreso than I ever have before, and I get to use my humble talents and interests to do it. I can see every day in a visual and tangible way that what I’m doing is helping people know more about Christ.

I was recently reading through a journal I kept about 5 years ago. (Beware: Whenever I write long “thinky thoughty” journal entries I am at super emotional points in my life.) In this entry I was writing down all the things I want to “do” in my life. One thing on the list was “write and illustrate a children’s book,” one was “be a mom” and another was “work for a missionary organization.” There were many others, however that last one kind-of floored me. I used to want to “BE” a missionary. In my small-town-mindedness I didn’t completely understand what that meant. However I think it’s interesting that I said “work for a missionary organization” instead of “be a missionary,” and I find it odd where I am right now.

I fought and wrestled with God a lot when I came to Colorado (see my “old blog“). And though I’m not so keen on sappy happy endings, and don’t believe that everything always gets wrapped up neatly with a red bow (here anyway), it does make me wonder. Did God have my desires and best interest at heart all along? There are days when I know He does, and there are days I feel so hopelessly alone. When I reflect on this one point about my job and my purpose, however, it does give me a seed more of hope than when I didn’t realize this.

I’m praying for a few people right now that are in hard situations. I pray for them, though it may take time, for God to show them a bit of this kind of hope.

This post was originally found at evermeg.blogspot.com

I watch tv more than I want to, however, I have never exactly been inspired and in awe of a tv show. There are some funny shows, and most often I watch tv for entertainment and “forgetting the world.” But then enter…. Planet Earth.

We’ve been tivo-ing this show and this past weekend The Discovery Channel did a marathon of the 11 current episodes. Woot! I was so excited.

My favorites have been the ones about underwater. It’s totally mind boggling to think that there are male botos (dolphins) in the Amazon river right now flaunting rocks and stones around in the their mouths to attract the females. (I don’t know, maybe not right now – it might not exactly be mating season, but you get the idea.) We never get to really see what all happens under the water, and it’s a completely other world. I mean not only are there people on the other side of the world, but there are areas in the world where there are not people, but there are millions of creatures I don’t know about, you don’t know about. And I thought just thinking that there were billions of humans in the world was overwhelming.

I am so amazed at this Earth – at this place we think we have access to by the internet and television, but really, we don’t know even have an idea about the nooks let alone the crannies. I can’t wait to watch the Caves episode. I suggest checking it out and find your favorite.

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