What’s your favorite thing in Nature? (patiently waits for response… realizes I wont be able to figure out in real time. Prompts you to answer in the comments.. no? okay.) Well thanks for asking, mine is THUNDERSTORMS! hands down. I don’t know, unlike my dog who thinks his life is coming to an end and shakes violently in fear, to me there’s something so comforting about them. It’s my Peace.
You know when you just need Peace and Comfort? I mean don’t get me wrong I am having an AMAZING time. I am absolutely loving Nicaragua, the island, my new team, and the community. God has really answered my prayers for the end of these 9 months. His timing never fails to be perfect, which leads me tonight.
That being said on the Race I haven’t experienced much rain, let alone thunder. Here in Nicaragua I have experienced rain two times, since arriving in March. First time was when I was sleeping in a tree with my Eno and I am awoken by pouring rain. Struggling to navigate my sleeping bag, unzipping my bug net, and jumping from the suspended hammock all seconds after waking up and soaking wet. Not too happy. The second was tonight (well here’s the thing about blogs, odds are you’re not reading this when i’m writing it, but just trust me I am still wet from this rain).
There is just a time when you need to feel God (always). But sometimes we get selfish. Inwardly looking at ourselves thinking ‘how can I be more comfortable?’, ‘how can I be benefiting from this?’, ‘why don’t people care what I think?’ ‘I’m just going to do what I want.’ (guilty). When I feel myself being consumed by one (or more) of these thoughts – God just says, “STOP, focus on me.”… and then it rained.
I got to experience God in ‘Nature’ and in a ‘Relational’ way.
I stood there. God.
I worshiped. God.
I danced. God.
I did push ups? God.
I splashed and made puddle angels. God.
I ran around like a fool. God.
I almost went down a slide, got scared, used the little upper body strength I have to get back to the top and walked right back down the ladder. God.
I got COLD and SHIVERED. God.
I laughed uncontrollably. God.
I saw my friends live in that moment. God.
It was peace. It was everything I needed. It was God.
Stay weird,
Laurie xx
Also- glad you’re still here. Incase you haven’t seen yet I made a silly tour video of our home in Nicaragua. Feel free to watch Below.
