Love Is Something Lived Though: Rainbows

God Sent Me A Rainbow

I spent the day with tired eyes and a heavy heart. I knew this day was going to land on the Costa Rica trip, but I also knew that there was no way I could plan for how I would handle it. One year ago today my grandpa died and believe me, six hours on a bus is definitely enough time to think about it.
Before getting on the bus to begin our long journey our group stopped at a waterfall for some swimming and photography. The walk down seemed to take hours, the steps were so steep that is felt like you could fall down them all with just one wrong step. There were a couple look out points on the path so youc ould see the waterfall and get a taste of the prize below.
Once I finally reached the bottom I sat on the bench with a sigh of relief. But what was waiting for me around the corner was my real prize, a gift from God. As I walked towards the waterfall I saw it. As the waterfall crashed in the water below, a mist belew off to the side and from that mist a rainbow was formed.
Now to the rest of our group, I am sure it was an exciting and beautiful thing, but to me it was an answer to prayer.
My grandpat used to always tell my sister and I that his favorite color was "all of the colors of the rainbow." So before we even left for Central America, I asked God to send me a rainbow on this day. It was just His wonderful and amazing way of saying "I care about the small stuff Courtney, it will all be okay."

Love Is Something Live Though: Adventures

I have never been so excited for an ENTIRE YEAR of my life. Usually, I try to focus on each day or a single week and live it to the fullest, but starting in 3 days God is taking me on the biggest adventure of my life.

I leave for Central America on Tuesday. I have never left the country and now I am spending three weeks in three different countries. I do not know what to expect with the culture or how school will work when all I want to do is spend time at the beach, but I know that I am going to grow and experience so many new things.

Next stop: Camp. Just one week after returning from Central America I will be off to Tennessee to work at a summer camp where I know three of the 60 staff members. God has worked in some mysterious ways to let me know that I need to work at this camp so I am excited for what He has in store for me when I get there.

Last stop: California. I still can't believe that I am spending a whole school year in California. (For those of you who don't know, I will be an Assistant Dean, Volleyball/Basketball Coach, Outreach Coordinator, Subbing Classes, and occasionally working in the Elementary School at an academy) As I talked about earlier, I KNOW God has called me to Task Force next year and I have never been more excited to take the second chance He is giving me at it and roll with it.

We serve a God of not only love, grace, patience, kindness, and strength, but a God of ADVENTURE! A God who wants us to live our life to the fullest and use every opportunity He gives us. This year, I am taking those opportunities and making the most of them, and I pray that you will too. Don't let a day go bye that you pass up the adventure God has waiting for you!

Love this song! Happy Sabbath!