Procrastination, Soggy Days and a Restless Heart.

I've been procrastinating uploading articles to this blog for the past few hours to avoid studying for a math final. And so I shall procrastinate for a few more moments whilst sharing my heart today. Bare with me.


There is an epidemic going on. a relationship epidemic. an engagement epidemic. a wedding epidemic. all around me, friends are being proposed to by original songs in a candle- lit room or having a long lost love fly over oceans to profess their devotion in the midst of an airport. it all sounds like a movie. but it's the love stories of my friends. and now, i am the "single" one in my group of friends. now don't get me wrong, i'm independent and i can stand alone. but with all of the romantic-comedy-romances surrounding me, it can be a little hard to take a breath an keep trekking forward. 


so on this soggy day, i remind myself of something. that as my mom said, "God isn't hard of hearing". He hears my heart, as it beats for Him and longs to beat with a Companion. He sees my "No-TV-Tuesdays". (fasting day for my LOVE)


 And in Job i am reminded of the  chaos that has been the rain/floods the past few days,and its similarity to the chaos in my heart as of the last few weeks. It says in Job 37:6 " He orders the snow to blanket the Earth, and the rain, 'blanket the countryside' " .  


If He is the one who has the power to order  it, then He is the one who is in control  of it. 


He SPOKE to the weather, and made it do as he desired.


In Job 4:4 it says,  " YOUR WORDS supported those who have stumbled; you have strengthened faltering knees"


My God is able to speak to cause rain to SOAK the Earth.
My God is able to speak and strengthen me.
My God is in control.


So even though the rain outside seems overwhelming and irritating. I HAVE to remind myself that MY GOD is the one who speaks the rain into being. MY GOD speaks strength to faltering knees and weary heart.


So next time you see rain pouring down, remember this: just as the Lord spoke to cause the rain, He also speaks to give strength to us in times when we waver or falter.


I know I will, I'm choosing to see His rain as a reminder of His strength.

"Listen closely to the thunder of His voice,

         And the rumbling that goes out from His mouth. 

    Under the whole heaven He lets it loose,

         And His lightning to the ends of the earth. 

   After it, a voice roars;

         He thunders with His majestic voice,

         And He does not restrain the lightnings when His voice is heard. 

    God thunders with His voice wondrously,

         Doing great things which we cannot comprehend. 

   For to the snow He says, 'Fall on the earth,'

         And to the downpour and the rain, 'Be strong.' 

    He seals the hand of every man,

         That all men may know His work. "

[job 37: 2-7]