What a day this has been :~)

Today has been a good day from the very beginning. As I fell asleep around midnight it began to rain and thunder, a wonderful way to be lulled to sleep. Rain has been a rare occurrence this summer, so it was just a nice shift in my usually quiet, no sounds of nature, only alarms/sirens bedtime routine. It made me happy. Plus, rain just makes life more romantic/magical even if there is no romance or magic to speak of. So yeah, from midnight I could already tell Thursday was gonna be a good day.

Next, I woke up from a very good dream, and was literally laughing when I awoke. I know that makes me sound like someone who needs to be in an insane asylum ;~) but I really was just thoroughly happy from a night full of blissful dreams, and something funny happened, what I'm not sure of, but I'll take good dreams any day in comparison to a sleepless night, or a night of bad dreams.

Now, I am omitting the part of my day that included waking up at 6:40, 20 min before my alarm, only getting about 6ish hours of sleep so I could get up and get ready to make it to my back to back doctors appointments needed before I head off to Europe. Well, the first app resulted in having a minor toe surgery/procedure done. Yes being half asleep and having your toe injected with painkillers is not a good or fun experience....just in case you were wondering. My second app was quick after I waited for an hr in the waiting room. So, yeah I should have been upset about these not so fun occurrences, but I just wasn't disturbed by them at all. In fact, they gave me even more reason to praise God! He was completely there with me in those moments, and His faithfulness was just undeniable in my life today.

On my heart lately has been my stress about my upcoming trip to Europe. For those of you that know me pretty well, you know that I am great at being a worry wart and stressing myself out when I shouldn't be. Well, today things fell into place for my trip a little bit more, and truly for the first time I can feel the stress being peeled away to reveal excitement and eagerness for the journey ahead. I have been so hesitant all summer long about this trip, but God has something amazing in store for me, I just know it. He has been delicately preparing my heart and my emotions for this amazing culmination that will result in a life lesson/i.e. EUROPE!

Also, God brought someone very sincere and genuine into my life this summer, and that has been a huge blessing to me. I'm sad to leave this friendship behind for Europe, but I think God is working in that situation too....and God-willing it will continue to blossom, not whither while I am away.

Movement is the name of the game right now. Today I have felt clearly the movement of God in my life...whether or not I have explained all the right scenario's to depict this feeling to you, I'm not sure. But, just take my word for it, this has been quite the day for me. And guess what? It's not over yet! Kinda makes me happy :~)

By the way, tomorrow marks a special date: ONE WEEK TILL EUROPE! woah. Just woah ;~)

Alright, guess I have done the equivalent of talking your ear off. To those of you that actually read this whole blog post, Kudos, you must actually love me/care for me! :~) Thanks for that.

Love,

Meg