Bonjour Avril.

"Next time a sunrise steals your breath or a meadow of flowers leave you speechless, remain that way. Say nothing, and listen as heaven whispers, "Do you like it? I did it just for you."

-Max Lucado

This morning, a couple of my friends joined me in watching the sunrise to welcome in the lovely month of April. It was absolutely astounding & breath-taking. I cannot believe that God loves us sooooooo much that He desires to set our hearts ablaze with love for Him through creating a work of art in the sky. Seriously. . .just like in the quote, He does these things just to bring a smile to our hearts & souls, to make us feel His passionate love for us. We MUST MUST MUST (I can't stress it enough) step back, close our eyes, take a deep breath, open our eyes. . .& feel, really feel the ardent love He has for us. When we take the time to notice it & feel it, He feels loved by us. So coming from a girl's perspective, every girl loves a thoughtful person (particularly a person of the male species) & when we hear the sincere words, "I did it just for you," we practically pass out! I can't speak for a man, but I'm pretty sure guys love when thoughtful things are done just for them. This is what God does for each individual here on earth; He has created unique beauty for each of us to delight in. So DO IT; find that unique beauty He made just for you & delight in it & tell Him how much you love Him for it. 

The friends I mentioned earlier are as follows: my friend Marty (a big lovable teddy bear -or as he would say, "a warrior that destroys!"- with one of the best sense of humors I've ever experienced) & my friend Andy (an incredibly nice guy that a couple of my friends & I met in the rock gym). We had so much fun getting to know each other better, laughing, & discussing the mystery & magnificence of our Lord. That right there was beautiful fellowship & I can never truly express my complete gratitude through this ol' blog-thing, but my heart swells with joy over the fact the Lord has blessed human beings with the capability to fellowship & the freedom to watch the sunrise & the freedom to delight in a discussion of giving glory to God for His magnificence. The more & more fellowship I partake in, the more & more God opens my eyes to the beauty of fellowship & He is constantly teaching me to embrace every single moment of it & to love those that are also a part of it.

Today was sort of an unproductive day, haha, I hate to admit it, but it was! I only got a few more support letters finished & no progress on the YWAM application from last night; it was good though because God blessed me with a day of relaxation, Blue Bell ice cream with my roommate Rachel, dinner with friends, & a super good song my friend Clare posted on facebook (she posted it for our friend Jake, but that's okay, they don't mind my creeping haha). (:

check it out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIB0T8rUJxI

super cute song, fantastic artist with a sweet accent/voice...just simply feel-good, beautiful music

You will be happy to hear that tomorrow I am sending off my support letters (I'll let those of you who are reading this know what the Lord does through those).Well I am going to sneak a bite of that Blue Bell ice cream (ha), lay in bed to talk with my Creator, & fall asleep.

(while viewing, play opening song to the Lion King)

"Generations come & generations go, but the earth remains forever. The sun rises & the sun sets, & hurries back to where it rises. The wind blows to the south & turns to the north; round & round it goes, ever returning on its course. All streams flow into the sea, yet the sea is never full. To the place the streams come from, there they return again. All things are wearisome, more than one can say. The eye never has enough of seeing, nor the ear its fill of hearing. What has been will be again, what has been done will be done again; there is nothing new under the sun." -Ecclesiastes 1:4-9