Happy Sunday

God is so good, you know this week there was a very difficult situation that I had to deal with, I can’t go into the details, but I can tell you that I spent most of Saturday trying to get out of the emotional slump that it put me in. I tried to read, and it didn’t work, I tried to write, to watch a movie, to sleep, to hang out with friends, to pray, nothing seemed to be working; no matter what I did, I was stuck in this place of irritation and not knowing what to do. Finally that night I was praying and I just said, “God, there is nothing that I can do, you have to help me, I can’t even get over the emotions, let alone deal with the problem.” And I felt a little better, I finally ended up just going to sleep and trusting God to help me in the morning.

I woke up on Sunday morning and immediately remembered about my situation, and a bad mood started to get on me, but I decided to put on worship music as I got ready for church. (a trick that my mom taught me) and you know, by the time I got to church I was feeling ok, I already had plans to hang out with my friend Yuli afterwards, and I thought that things would be ok. I cannot even tell you how much fun church was yesterday. I don’t even know what happened really, but I thouroghly enjoyed worship, I was able to go right up into Heaven, and the praise songs were just fun. I was able to understand the message, which is really nice, these days I can generally understand, but there is still a lot that I miss, but this week was better than most. After church I was invited to go to lunch with some friends (including Yuli) and afterwards she and I just decided to walk around and have fun. We were lucky in that it was not too hot, and we just had a really sweet time of connecting with each other. In case you’ve forgotten, Yuli used to be my roommate, but moved down to Salatiga a few months ago to be closer to both school and work. We see each other often, but rarely have time just to hang out and be friends, and I have really missed her. We ended up walking all over the place, she showed me her new place, and then we went and got coffee. Afterwards she decided to come back to Penuai with me and stay, and we went down together the next day on the bus. It was a simple day, not too much happened, and it wasn’t what I would call exciting, but I think that God knew just what I needed. It gave me enough time to process this other thing, which is still not finished being dealt with, but I feel good about it, and I feel like I am now able to think about it and decide (with a calm mind) what needs to be said and done, which is really good as it is a delicate situation, and as we all know, it is never good to just rush into delicate situations with guns blazing, or in complete silence, which before, were the two options. So anyway, I just want to take a moment to say that God is amazing, and I am so thankful for the simple fun day that I had, and I am thankful for my friend Yuli. God bless you my beautiful friend, never forget that just by being you and doing what you do, God can heal someones heart, you do more than you know.