Kind of random...

A week or two after spring break, I was feeling... confused by a few things, and so before Nav night I took a long quiet time to just talk to God, and listen to Him, and just be alone with my thoughts for a while, without the distraction of a laptop or cell phone. Anyway, I had been sitting outside, but it started raining, and I went inside to the building where we have Navs and just watched the rain fall for a while. And I wrote this:

I can feel His power
   as the wind whips my hair around my face
   as the raindrops pelt my skin
I feel His power, yes, the strength of His might
   in the crackle of lightning and thunder's roar

I can see His love,
   in the bloom of the dandelion
   in the peaceful blue sky
   in the friendships He has given me
I can see His love all around me

I am awed by His joy
   in the warm sun's rays
   in the beautiful bubbling brook
   in the glorious cloud
His joy is amazing. 

I am entranced by His passion,
   when He paints the sky at sunset
   when His laws produce a flame
   when He touches my loved ones through me
I am enraptured with His passion. 

I am so incredibly amazed at His power, in drawing me near, at the joy He has in me, and in the passionate love He has for me. I almost can't believe it. 

So yeah. I just read that and was deeply touched. Sometimes I really question His love for me, and whether He finds joy in me, and to see something that I personally wrote, that I remember specifically writing about how He feels, and how I knew in that moment that it was true is really comforting to me. And I hope my words can remind you as well of the love God has for you, and the joy He finds in you.