Beauty

This week has been a week of abnormally warm temperatures for us.  These are the weeks I am constantly reminding myself of the very cold, harsh winters I was so used of a couple of years ago. I remember always dreaming of moving somewhere warm to avoid the cold.  On the hot weeks it can make it hard for a person to be thankful for everything around them. I find myself constantly complaining of being hot. Dreaming of what it would be like to actually feel cold. Sometimes it seems that we can never be pleased and the grass and is always greener somewhere else.

Today I spent my day making cookies with Lusi. We had the fan blowing on the cookies full blast to try and get the chocolate chips from melting. The weather app was telling us it felt like 110 today. Now put into the mix sitting in a kitchen with an oven constantly being opened and closed. I now think that if I ever make cookies and don’t break a sweat it may be weird. After making the cookies I was patiently waiting for it to get dark out so I could shower. The best time to take a shower is right after the sunsets because it finally cools off.

I was reading my devotions shortly before taking my shower and it was talking about the beauty of the earth. We often take the beauty for granted. The bible passage was from Job. Talking about how God had created everything and controls everything that is happening around the world. The most interesting part for me is it talked about how God decided when to make the waves stop and not to cover land. Now if you truly think about the fact that he just stops the waves on shore and controls all of that it’s pretty amazing.

As I was jumping into my shower the sun was just setting beneath the mountains. I was at Lusi’s house and they have an outdoor shower. I absolutely love the outdoor showers. It’s more or less a steel post attached to a pipe but it does the job. When showering you can see the stars glowing and the moon was a full.  Along with wherever you look you can see palm trees. It is one of the things I will miss the most when leaving this island. I love just taking in the beauty of it all.

With Love,

Abby