I Feel Like Blogging Right Now

I know I haven't blogged in a long time. I even ruined my "I blog once a month" streak. And I kind of feel regretful about it. I admit I have been very lazy. Maybe it comes with the summer; I swear I'm suffering from lazy-itis. And I do hope this ridiculous disease goes away enough for me to study for SATS, write college apps, and survive the first semester of senior year. But I'd gladly welcome it back once that's all over.

I had an interesting experience today. I walked into the "Healing Prayer" booth at the Zucchini Festival. I was hoping to see a certain Christian Science or something else religion dude whom I chatted with last year. He was a funny dude; he told me I had a lot of stress in my life, and that all I need to get rid of it is to believe it within myself...or something like that. But that's a different story, and apparently, a different booth.

The first thing those 3 people did when I walked into the tent was laugh and stare at me. I was creeped out. But then I realized they were staring at the smoothie in my hands because apparently they were all burning and sweating under intense heat, and the smoothie looked extremely tempting. lol.

The lady who led me into the tent lured me in by saying that I'd receive free encouraging words. So I was apprehensive when I sat down in the chair between the the lady and the man that they just stared down in silence for the first several minutes, jotting things down on paper. They were listening to God. Very awkward moment for me.

And then they spoke. "Business," the man said. "I see business in your future." The two ladies agreed. That shocked me. I thought I'd walked into one of those "Ouija Board" people groups. But as they kept talking about me to me, I felt...good. Weirded out by how they seemed to pinpoint those specific things about me and how I didn't have to say one thing, but I really did feel as if God was speaking to me through them.

I know that God talks, and He does, we just have to listen.

And I know that there are things in this world that we humans simply cannot understand about Him and about this world and about how things are. And when everything feels hazy and hard and hurtful, I find comfort in remembering that He says, "Be still and know that I am God," and that He loves us despite how horrible we are.