Thursday, November 20th, 2003 - Joy Cacophony

The title of this post is funny to me because I'm about to describe a collection of joys that are not a cacophony at all but the opposite. A cacophony is a collection of things whose sounds are in discord. The collection of joys that I have had are in accord with one another; they are blessings from God. It wasn't until tonight, when I named this post, that I looked up cacophony and realized that I have been using it out of context for months, maybe years, as a term for a generic collection. I decided to keep the title of the post the same because it reminds me to be careful of context.

After my sleep shortage and overactive day yesterday, I found out that I did very well on both of my tests, a definite miracle. I watched "Finding Nemo" later on and cried but absolutely loved it; I want to watch it with my dad and my family. It was truly a blessing to hang out with other people, too. I was able to get some much needed good sleep in after that.

I woke up for my lab this morning, contrary to last week. I turned in the materials and homework for both labs today, and I can only hope that the lab instructor has pity on late work. I then went to spend some time with our Crusade staff worker who I meet with once a week. We went out to a park where there is a tall, old lookout tower, and we climbed to the top. The view is absolutely beautiful up there and makes an excellent spot to pray!

I went to take a nap and then unfortunately slept through my alarm, so my nap ended up lasting six hours. My roommate suggested, since this has happened before, that I probably wake up to the alarm, get up to shut it off, and go back to bed without even remembering any of it. I think that he must be right, but I also think that it is amazing that I do all that and don't remember it. Nevertheless, the extra sleep was good for me, and I am thankful for it.

Tonight, I had a funny conversation on Instant Messenger. A friend IM'd me whose screen name was "AbsOsteel" followed by some numbers, and she said that it was Abby. A different friend of mine, also named Abby, used to have a screen name similar to "AbsOSteel" with some different numbers. I assumed it was the same Abby who had changed her screen name. After 10 minutes of confusion, she said her last name, and we both shared some good laughs after realizing the mix-up.

Even later tonight, I got a random IM from a guy who I met at Crusade's Fall Retreat. It was awesome to talk to him and see how much he desired to be transformed by God into the image of Christ. I am under the impression that the conversation was as encouraging for him as it was for me. I must confess that the thought to hook him up with one of my friends popped into my head, but then I just laughed at myself and ignored it. I have this fake dream that I will someday hook two people up and then they will get married and let me pour punch at their wedding.

So many awesome joys are happening all at once. I praise God for all of these - apart from Him, none of them would have happened. I pray now that I can get to sleep tonight since I took such a long nap already. Again, only by God's grace will that happen!

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