Doing something...

This has been a weird week, but a cool one to, as new things seem to be trying to knock their way into my head, but my soul is really at peace, because I know that God is in control. The other day, I did not know how to put this all into words, and then a song came on the radio, that stated it pretty much perfectly:

"There's a wave that's crashing over me, and all I can do is surrender
Whatever You're doing inside of me
It feels like chaos, but somehow there's peace
And it's hard to surrender to what I can't see, but I'm giving in to something heavenly
- Sanctus Real "Whatever You Are Doing"

Sweet huh?

The next part of the song go like this:

Whatever You're doing inside of me
It feels like chaos, but I believe
You're up to something bigger than me
Larger than life, something heavenly


And finally:

Whatever You're doing inside of me
It feels like chaos, but now I can see
This is something bigger than me
Larger than life, something heavenly.

Sort of like Job, who was put in the storm and the tested in the fire, and could only through up his hands in surrender. When God confronted him, He asked him, "were you there when the earth was created?" and Job knew that there was something much bigger then him taking place. Finally, Job ended praising the glory and greatness of the Lord. "I know that You can do all things."

While I may not be in a situation that it heavy like job's, God is doing something and my spirit can sense it.... I really just don't understand it.

Our new president

So our new president is now Obama, and it came with mixed reactions. While the news was just starting to break, I was sitting at in class, when one guy jumped up, ran outside, and yelled in excitement. Later in the banquet room, where people were watching the election results together, there was tension in the air, as a mixture of happines, frusteration, and even a hint of despair flooded the room.... Interesting times huh?

So, change has certainly come, as we welcome in our next president, and the first one of color. Lets keep him in prayer, and know that God is still in control.

A stolen car

So today as I was walking outside ready to get into my car, and head over to my aunt's house, I walked down the street, and realized that I was walking much farther down the street then I remember parking... but i continued to walk down the street, thinking perhaps I parked further away than I realized, but I got to the end of the street, and it was not there. So I walked back, thinking perhaps I missed it, but as I walked towards the other end of the street, and still did not see it anywhere, but heart started pounding. I could remember starting to panic, and thinking, "Oh lord, please let it be here, please! Oh God, please don't let this be happening, please!!" So I called my room mate, and asked her if she could drive me around to see if I could find it. And she did. As we drove around we did not see it anywhere on the street, and just then, it hit me; my car was stolen, and that just sunk straight to my stomach, and it felt like my heart was screaming and pleading with reality to twist realty for me.

So Bianca drove me to see Campus Safety, and to cover all possibilities, such as the one that perhaps I got towed away. There was no record, and they called the sheriffs department in to write up a police. The second that I have had to fill out this year.

Later that afternoon, I had an job interview with Campus Safety, and as I headed into the conference room in the back, the secretary started asking me about my car, and short discussion came up between us. During the interview, they asked me if I had had any past experience with the campus safety, and my answer lied with, what happened today, and then what happened a few months ago. Two very traumatic events.. brought up at the interview, so that sucked, but it all worked through.

God will make a way. Faith in him.

Earthquake!!

So, So. Cal. had a good sized Earthquake today, not "the big one" but one big enough to remind us all that it is still a possibility hear in CA.

No one was hurt, and hardly any significant damage was done.

I can remember only two big earthquakes, in my lifetime, though I've lived out quite a few. Lots of little ones, but quite a few big ones. My mom told me of when I was little, and we watched the telephone poles swing back and forth.... this was when we were in Long Beach.

I remember the Northridge one, which happened when I was about 6 or so.I remember it waking me up, and I sat up in my bed, but didn't know what to do. Then my mom came and got me and my little bro, who was still sleeping, and they put in between the doorway, with her over us, because they heard that that was the safest place to be. My step-dad, went out side, while it was still shaking, and the shaking lasted for awhile. It was a 6.7 and there was a lot of damage. That I remember.

Then, the Hector Mine, which was a 7.1, and the largest we felt in decades, I believe, happened in 1999, when I was living in Fontana, and that one was huge and enormous. It happened in the middle of the night, and you could hardly walk it was rolling so hard. I couldn't even open my door.

My mom told me that when she first moved to California from Detroit, she was signing up for insurance or something like that and it began to shake, and she got under the desk and started screaming that California was going to fall into the ocean! This was it! lol

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