Alright so this is obviously my first post. I am going to basically use this blog to communicate my thoughts(thus the name) on.... anything. I love to just take time to get away and think and pray. Since I've gotten to college, I really haven't had a lot of time like that. It really is relaxing, and recently I've taken steps to make time to do it. Here's a few times I've done it recently:
I'm in the Iowa State freshman honors program, and last weekend we had a "retreat" that lasted all of... friday night. woo-hoo... Anyway, we did various activites until around midnight, at which point we were told that the entertainment for the rest of the night would be a hypnotist. That was cool for about ten minutes, but then I decided to go outside and just think, pray, and stargaze. It was a beautiful night. I thought about friends, classes, God, and anything else that randomly came to mind. At one point I actually figured out that it was possible to make hydrocloric acid using drinking water and electricity. Anyway, that was great, and the most relaxed I'd felt for several weeks. I saw eight shooting stars.
Sunday night after freshman group I was feeling... reflective. Around 11 I decided to go for a walk, but I didn't get very far. I just laid in the RCA courtyard and, again, watched the stars. I laid there for about an hour, just thinking and praying. There's just something about nature that fascinates me. This time it got cloudy as I watched, but I was able to witness the entire sky cloud over, then watch it become completely clear again. It was amazing.
The next day I was going to visit a friend at Wartburg College. It's about a two hour drive each way, so I had a lot of time to just spend with God. I was really disappointed when the visit was cancelled about 10 minutes into the drive, but I really wanted the alone time, so I just kept driving. I really didn't know where I wanted to go, so I ended up sticking with the original plan and driving to Waverly and back. The way there was fairly uneventful, but I blasted worship music in my car and pretty much sang for the full two hours. On the way back, I decided to turn the music off and sit in silence. I wasn't disappointed. Again, I love nature. As I was driving, I drove through a thunderstorm for about half an hour, then, as I broke throught the storm, the sun was setting right in front of me. It was the most beautiful sunset I have ever seen. It had every color of the rainbow in it- blue, red, green, yellow, purple, orange. It was amazing. I've never seen green in a sunset before.
I'm in the Iowa State freshman honors program, and last weekend we had a "retreat" that lasted all of... friday night. woo-hoo... Anyway, we did various activites until around midnight, at which point we were told that the entertainment for the rest of the night would be a hypnotist. That was cool for about ten minutes, but then I decided to go outside and just think, pray, and stargaze. It was a beautiful night. I thought about friends, classes, God, and anything else that randomly came to mind. At one point I actually figured out that it was possible to make hydrocloric acid using drinking water and electricity. Anyway, that was great, and the most relaxed I'd felt for several weeks. I saw eight shooting stars.
Sunday night after freshman group I was feeling... reflective. Around 11 I decided to go for a walk, but I didn't get very far. I just laid in the RCA courtyard and, again, watched the stars. I laid there for about an hour, just thinking and praying. There's just something about nature that fascinates me. This time it got cloudy as I watched, but I was able to witness the entire sky cloud over, then watch it become completely clear again. It was amazing.
The next day I was going to visit a friend at Wartburg College. It's about a two hour drive each way, so I had a lot of time to just spend with God. I was really disappointed when the visit was cancelled about 10 minutes into the drive, but I really wanted the alone time, so I just kept driving. I really didn't know where I wanted to go, so I ended up sticking with the original plan and driving to Waverly and back. The way there was fairly uneventful, but I blasted worship music in my car and pretty much sang for the full two hours. On the way back, I decided to turn the music off and sit in silence. I wasn't disappointed. Again, I love nature. As I was driving, I drove through a thunderstorm for about half an hour, then, as I broke throught the storm, the sun was setting right in front of me. It was the most beautiful sunset I have ever seen. It had every color of the rainbow in it- blue, red, green, yellow, purple, orange. It was amazing. I've never seen green in a sunset before.
1 comment:
I can't believe you think about things like how to make hydrocloric acid. At least you're not dreaming up ways to make a bomb, or something like that!
I actually read your blog!! Keep it up.
Bruce M, on break in Florida
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