Valentine's Day

Ok, I know this is sad, but I can't remember a single Valentine's Day that I loved.  I've had a number of them with someone and a lot of them single (single awareness day!), but never one that I could say was great, but I have high hopes for this one.  This Valentine's Day I'm planning on traveling 2,000 miles to see a woman that isn't even my girlfriend yet, but we do like each other a whole lot so you may see a different status on Facebook one of these days....  But anyway, I'm hoping and praying that this one will be amazing.  It'd be nice to have a great one for once.

What I've really been thinking about though is not about how I want a great Valentine's Day, but rather about how great God's plan is for us.  I have really been learning to trust Him recently, and that is such a hard thing for a "planner" like me.  I love the verse that says, "Trust in the Lord with all your heart, lean not on your own understanding, in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will direct your path."  The part about not leaning on my own understanding is especially hard for me, but I can see how God blesses me when I obey!  I fought God tremendously about my last relationship.  I didn't think I was fighting Him, but now, looking back on it, I see that I was.  I also see that it wasn't the right relationship for me, even though I would have vehemently denied that a year ago.  Fortunately for me, God's plan always seems to win out over my own, and now I'm in a place where I couldn't be happier.  If I end up with this woman that I like now I can tell it will be better than I could have hoped for with my own plans, and if not, I'm sure God has even better plans in store for both of us, the hard part is trusting Him for it all!

Ok, now for something funny that happened on Wheaton's campus: