On the not-so-bright side: Severe risk of frost bite if you don't wear mittens to the car. The car doesn't always start right. And that coffee turns into an ice block in the matter of a minute.
In short: I think I'm going to like it here. I've been to the Twin Cities two times before -- both for weddings. And now, for another wedding. :) But never in the winter. I'm not typically one to embrace the cold. Most of the time, I flat out despise it. But I'm looking at these below freezing temperatures as yet another adventure, something I'm always up for. I'm a SoCal girl, I know. And will probably always be. But I can at least learn to sympathize with those who have to withstand the weather for more than six days and nights.
Aside from the obvious weather shock, I really do think I am going to like this time. Oh, and did I mention the hotel? Free coffee. Pool open until midnight. Free cookies. FREE WIFI. (Otherwise, I wouldn't be posting this.)
Still can't believe my cousin is getting married. :) So incredibly happy for her. And not at least a little taken back by the fact that she's just two years older than myself. :) Weird to think about.
On a completely different note, today was a great reminder of just how many people there are in this world. How insignificant I am. And how incredible God is that He still cares about me.
Watching people pass down the airport halls. Each with his or her own story. Problems. Hurt. Joys. Families. Friends. Lives. Futures. Maybe they know the Lord. Maybe they don't. Maybe they will come to, and maybe they never will.
It makes me feel helpless, at times, that there are so many lost people I haven't met. Will never meet. Who I will never be able to reach for Christ. It made me think of that story about the boy who rescues the starfish off the sand and tosses them back into the safety of the waves. Just one at a time.
Making no difference. Except for that one starfish. And that other one. And that other one. I pray that God would just help me to be a light to whomever I can, when it feels like the world is lost beyond hope.
But that was really an unintended little rabbit trail. Though I think an important one. I'm grateful for a God who still cares about the happenings and troubles of my life, despite the fact that there are so many people so much more deserving of His care than I am.
Well, I'd better get a good night's sleep. After last night's adventuring, short sleep and uncomfortable half sleep on the plane, I'm totally wiped.
Have to be rested for my first-ever bachelorette party tomorrow!! Aha, don't worry -- I'm not.
To a wintery world of white, goodnight. :)
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