The flowers are here! As i walked to the fitness center this morning, i could do nothing but smile as i looked around and realized that life was back. The bugs were coming out, the squirrels were playing, the flowers were blooming, the sky was cloudy, but it turned into a lovely day! The color green became a familiar site. i now know why it's my favorite color. It's the color of new life in the spring time (and even our east Texas winters...). ¡Que bonito!

After looking around at creation, praising God, and walking across the campus, it was time, once again, for my hysterical evolution class. After class, the teacher and i had a nice conversation. I still don't agree on most of the issues, but i can now see why he believes some of the things he does.

All i could do as i walked out of the classroom was take in the scenery as i walked down the road to meet my friends for lunch. As i journeyed, words came to mind. They were based on the scripture in Colossians 1 saying that God is proclaiming the gospel in all creation. The verse in Psalm saying that God founded the earth upon the waters was brought to mind. The verse saying that God stretched forth the heavens was also swimming in my head. Another song came from these verses. Along with many other things found in the first verse of the song, i wrote "Creation declares your glory." It does and i was able to see that today. I was in a trance as i was walking and writing. My mind was in another place as my feet carried me to my destination. Consciousness did return each time before crossing a street, but is was quick to leave me so i could go back to that foreign world.

After lunch, i started back in the same direction. I sat in the Shakespear Garden for a bit. Besides providing me with more material for the song, it reminded me of the way that God used it last year as i was going through difficulty after difficulty. He provided a secret garden, one where he and i could meet when there was no where else to go. It was another one of those times. He used his creation to proclaim his gospel to me, to show me how near he always is. It was wonderful!

*The beach reach meeting went well today. Still excited and ready to go. Well, excited, still getting ready to go as we continue to train for it.

*After the meeting, i came home to say "Crap, crap, crap, crap, crap." Reasoning- not to use it as a bad word. My family's dog got loose and left 5 piles of you guess what on my bedroom floor. I don't believe that the stench will be leaving any time soon. I will be sleeping with the window open, no matter what the weather decides to do. He also tore every pedal off of my roses, ate my aloe vera plant (how i'm going to miss it. Pretty handy to have around...), left a piece of bread on my bed (had to wash all my sheets and blankets, i'm allergic to dogs), scattered my trash, dumped water all over my floor and worst of all, ate all of the rabbit fur off of my cat. Two days before doing that, he killed my sister's pet hamster. My bedroom, as well as the rest of the house to a lesser extent, being trashed was the final straw. My dad wanted to shoot the dog. We decided he wasn't worth the bullet. Now a full blood AKC German Shepherd that in the end has cost over $1500 has been given away. Good riddance!

*To get away from the smell of dog for a while, i went to the fitness center and then to the BSM Bible study. It was about the Lord's plans for us. Main point, God's will for my life is doing his will right here, right now, and trusting him with my future whether or not i can see where it is headed. (And just for everyone to know, the verse Jeremiah 29:11 was definitely tied in. It was a guest speaker if anyone is wondering. Not giving his name)

*The two hours of sleep i got last night are catching up to me big time. Still waiting on my blankets to finish drying... ::Yawn!!!::