Rainbow

There's been some crappy weather here. Every time I look out the window, there's always a dark cloud looming overhead. The weather also makes me very gloomy for my 8:30am class, haha. So everytime it rains/storms, I hate it. It's also such an inconvenience to bring an umbrella everywhere. But anyway, so on my way home today, I walk out of the building and I see people with their heads bent and pointing. So i'm like "okay.. what the heck?" and when i looked, i saw a rainbow. It was HUGE! It was so pretty and amazing and awesome at the same time. People were taking pictures of it, and a guy that was speaking on the phone said 'Hey, I'm actually gonna hang up now so i can take a picture of this.' I thought it was pretty funny. Everyone was so at awe of this rainbow. It's like they've never seen it before. (Actually, i dont think i've ever seen a rainbow that huge before!)

The first thing that came to mind was 'i wonder where the end is?' since we always hear that at the end of the rainbow is a pot of gold. (haha). Then i thought of how wonderful it was to see such a spectacular sight in the midst of a storm. Then FINALLY, i thought of God. The rainbow was a sign of God's covenant with all life on earth (Gen 9:12-17). It was a reminder for God and us that never again will God destroy the Earth.. etc etc. But i think it also reminds us of how loving and just and merciful God is to us. God has every reason to judge and punish us, but every time He chooses to forgive.

This reminds me of what we studied in CCF on friday night. We read the book of Daniel 9. Essentially it was Daniel praying for the Israelites. I guess the one thing i got out of it was that he was praying "for God's sake", he wants God to be glorified at the end. It was pretty interesting because, really, how often do we pray for ourselves, rather than for God's glory? Ponder that.

On Sunday i went to another church. It's called Creekside Church, and their 'theme/slogan" is 'engage life'. But the cool side of this was that i had to take a bus there. (i've never done that before! hahaha. church is usually only 5 mins away!) So yeah, this church is literally in the middle of no where. It's on a road called "conservation' HAHA. so there's like a little wood-ish place there. But the inside was really nice and modern. Anyway, my point was that when i first walked in, i thought it was a movie theater. It turns out that their 4weeks theme was MOVIES AT CREEKSIDE! It was so cool, there was free popcorn and juice, etc. So what they do is they play clips of a movie and analyze it according to the Bible. This week was 'Les Miserables' (the play by victor hugo) I've never seen it before, but it was really good! the sermon was on grace/mercy and about whether or not we are people of grace or people of the law. I found it really interesting not just because i got to eat popcorn during church.. but it was a very different way of sharing God's word. It felt like it would be more of a fellowship program. But it was so good because everyone was engaged in God's word in a different way. This church has 3 services back-to-back, so there's lots and lots of people there. It was quite different from what i'm used to. Next week they're starting another theme, so i guess there wont be popcorn and movies! :( hahahha, but i'll check out other ones and let you guys know how that goes.

Random thought: during CCF and church service, we sang THE STAND. So it's been stuck in my head for a while. But it's so good. It really makes me think of who God is as the Creator and the Father (like the bible study i lead way back.. in February? haha i dont even remember)

So what can I say
What can I do
But offer this heart O God
Completely to You

--a.