walking next to you...

i have mexico work to do but this first because i don't want to forget today. the past couple of days have been a little rough around the edges, for multiple reasons so i'm not going to even dive in. i have been having to really hold on tight to the near and dear and remember gratitude and hope...but it has been tough. we all go through it and make it through it is just when your in it that it seems so fiery.

the lord has been sending goodness my way, i have not been missing it. encouragement from friends, little texts from zack attack, students bringing me poptart presents:) and the list goes on. well, today i got home from school and just cried a little bit. you know when you just need a little cry? it was one of those and i needed it. during my cry a little hurricane or something hit and the cats and i were a tad scared. after that i got to talk to zack for a bit and after decided for a tijuana flats dinner.

on my way out, i noticed that a very large tree fell on the cars of a couple friends which opened the door for a visit with both:) i spoke to jen for a while after and it was so good for my soul. so good. when i sat down in my car. and sat. and sat. and started humming. and singing. he is jealous for me....loves like a hurricane.....i am a tree....bending beneath the weight of his wind and mercy. and i cried some more. this song is so rounded. it seems to develop new meaning every few days and today it just went to the next level. God's love is so big. like a hurricane. and as i am beginning to experience intense weather, it is developing into an almost spiritual thing. i don't mean that in a weird way but God is all around us and we are in his creation, weather included so maybe we should sense him in the nature around us.

my night ended with a worship sesh with the hopmans and it was amazing:) all four of us in hunters room, him leading us. oh how he loves. so much goodness. i am glad that God is everything He claims to be.

now for some mexico!