WATER!

I saw a lot of this liquid substance this week! The weather here is always so unpredictable, much like my life.

Thursday we were expecting rain, which generally means taking extra care on the drive to and from work, as well as Monday morning clean up in our gym. We have a leak in our roof that can get pretty nasty if the rain is coming down hard enough. At about 3:15 I started hearing water come down in the gym from my office. I thought "no big deal, we'll just have to clean it up once the rain quits." So I step out of my office, and head down the hall, and around the corner to the gym. At this point I realized that it was raining much harder outside than I originally thought. We all quickly started grabbing trash cans, even if they were full so we can empty them and use all we all to catch the water.

This is when the extent of the water was clear. I walked passed our kitchen which is between the offices, and the gym. Water was pouring in so quickly one would have thought the fire department had hooked up a hose and let loose from the ceiling!

Long story short, we did our best to drain the water as best we could until we came to the conclusion that we could do no more. Roy, which is my director's husband, handed me a tool that did a fantastic job of pushing water out the front door. Then I figured out that it was one of those industrial size squeegees that are used to clean massive office building windows. :) HA! Who knew it would come in so handy?!

Aside from our flood situation the week was a great one! When I say great, its easy to think it was fun and all. Not to say, I didn't have fun but God definitely taught me a thing or to this week. I won't go into too much detail, but God has been humbling me through some personal things. Also, God has been teaching me about faith, and trusting Him. I heard a sermon about how we have to trust in God's presence even though what we may see doesn't add up. I tend to use money as an example because it's something we all use, or could use some of. :) The more and more I step out in faith, though it scares me, God has shown himself faithful time and time again. I was trying to make a budget for myself this week, and after putting in the expected income and expected expenses all I could do was laugh. Laugh because the number expected to come in never really compensates for what must go out. I'm thankful that God is present even when what I see tries to make me doubt his provision!

In the Bible, Jesus talks to the woman at the well about living water. As I watched the water gush in on Thursday faster than we could manage to dump our buckets, God reminded me about the woman at the well. I gave my life to Christ long ago for Him to do with it what pleases Him. Just like the water, I want his living water to gush into my life so that it spills over to others. So that others may know Him. How amazing He is, this God the one and only whom I serve. How could I not give my life for Him, after He displayed the ultimate act of love and giving His life for me?

"For you are all children of God through faith in Jesus Christ."
Galatians 3:26