Twelve guys crammed in a van does not smell good. We were all hot, sweaty, uncomfortable, tired from waking up at 4:00 A.M. for ministry, and some were letting gas out of thier body that should not be allowed in that small of a space. We were in a big van driving to Playa Hermosa to go on a fishing trip. I was so uncomfortable in my seat with not nearly enough leg space for a guy my height, with a sunburned lip for the first time in my life, and not able to find a good sleeping position for our four hour drive. I was annoyed, a little mad, and in a bad mood if you can’t tell.
Then I realized how immature I was acting, God totally convicted me. I was complaining and acting so ungrateful, when I was on my way to the ocean to go fishing at one of the nicest places in Costa Rica. The trip was such an incredible blessing and I was sitting there complaining to myself. After God called me out I felt like such a child. I asked for forgiveness and opened up my bible and started reading to get my mind in a better place. About 20 minutes later I look out my window to see a beautiful rainbow.
I told some of the guys who were awake to check it out, and Andrew said, “After you’ve seen a rainbow in a sunset with mountains in the background you can’t really get better than that.” I didn’t say anything, but I was thinking that he was was kind of right. 
(It’s a little hard to see in the picture, but it’s just to the left of the mountain peak)
So I told God I wanted to see more. I wanted to see a full complete rainbow in the sky. For the next 15 minutes I was just looking at the rainbow and seriously watching it grow bigger and bigger. It was so cool, I couldn’t even get the whole thing in the picture.
Even though I thought it was amazing, I again told God I wanted to see more, because I knew it could be even more beautiful. I didn’t really know what that would look like, I just wanted to see more. I went back to reading my bible in the meantime. Ten minutes later I look out my window to see the most brilliant, double rainbow I’ve ever seen in my life. It was breathtaking.
None of these pictures do it justice at all because we were moving at about 80 mph and the windows were slightly tinted, but I want to give you more of an idea of what I was looking at.
I was in complete awe of God, and told Him I was totally satisfied with the rainbow. Then it was the craziest thing, in less than a minute the whole rainbow disappeared.
I don’t know if God did all that for me, or if it just happened to occur like that. Either way I know that God used the whole thing to teach me and show me a glimpse of His beauty and glory. He also reminded me of the fact that He created the whole universe and everything in it in 6 days, and He’s been working on heaven for over 2,000 years.
After all that and me looking back at my attitude and how much I was complaining two verses popped in my head. The two verses He brought to my mind are both found in Philippians, the first one in chapter 4 verse 11, “For I have learned in whatever state I am, to be content.” Also chapter 2 verse 14, “Do all things without complaining and disputing.”
Thank you all for prayer and supporting me financially. If you could just keep praying for me to not complain and for my pride to be destroyed that would be awesome. If there is any way I can pray for you let me know. Love you all, God bless.
