From my beloved sister who shared this on Facebook. I think its amazing. Like GATEWAY '09. Like Retreat '08. Like the many Saturday nights and Sunday mornings. I just wanted to share it with whoever..... comes across this ♥
Anyways, I got to my cell group and we started worshipping. Then my cell group leader saw a picture which completely applies to me. He saw a turbulent ocean (without waves or storms, but not calm) and God stretching out his finger, poking it and it became still instantly. I am not going through any major 'storms' at the moment, but I've been daydreaming a lot, thinking about internships and been wistful about leaving Denmark. I was also stressed about the whole traveling thing. I then heard God tell me "Don't count the days. Don't count the minutes." I kind of gave in and told Him He knows best.
I stayed until the end of cell group and even worship for a little while longer. Then I went home to figure out my laundry. I walked in and the dryer was exactly as I left it. The setting was on jeans, and the minute display still showed 211 minutes. I then opened the dryer to check if my clothes were still in there. And I slowly realized that my clothes simply aren't wet. Even my jeans were dry, and after a normal cycle in the laundry, they would still be damp. Here's what I figured: I think God dried my laundry just as He dried Gideon's fleece. I don't know what else to think. Do your clothes dry if you leave them in the dryer without turning them on? You tell me.
God's pretty darn good. No wonder He doesn't want me to count. This story reminds me of how He multiplied the money I had in my wallet 2 years ago. He can change circumstances in a second. He also cares about the little things, like my laundry :) Doesn't it make you love Him more?
Don't count.
-J
I want to share a story. I texted a couple friends earlier today about what an idiot I had been today. I deliberately went home (instead of working on a paper) to do my laundry this afternoon so that I could dry my clothes while I went to cell group tonight. Of course, me in my brilliance placed the clothes in the dryer, turned it on to the right setting and did not press the start button. I realized my mistake when I had left home for the bus station.
You have to understand that laundry in Denmark takes at least twice as long as anywhere civilized in the world. I normally put my clothes in to dry under the jeans settings for 211 minutes (yes, exactly that) since clothes simply don't dry if you don't put it in for that long. I was rather stressed when I realized my mistake since I am traveling tomorrow and needed clean clothes. This also meant that I would have to stay up late to wait for the 211 minutes.Anyways, I got to my cell group and we started worshipping. Then my cell group leader saw a picture which completely applies to me. He saw a turbulent ocean (without waves or storms, but not calm) and God stretching out his finger, poking it and it became still instantly. I am not going through any major 'storms' at the moment, but I've been daydreaming a lot, thinking about internships and been wistful about leaving Denmark. I was also stressed about the whole traveling thing. I then heard God tell me "Don't count the days. Don't count the minutes." I kind of gave in and told Him He knows best.
I stayed until the end of cell group and even worship for a little while longer. Then I went home to figure out my laundry. I walked in and the dryer was exactly as I left it. The setting was on jeans, and the minute display still showed 211 minutes. I then opened the dryer to check if my clothes were still in there. And I slowly realized that my clothes simply aren't wet. Even my jeans were dry, and after a normal cycle in the laundry, they would still be damp. Here's what I figured: I think God dried my laundry just as He dried Gideon's fleece. I don't know what else to think. Do your clothes dry if you leave them in the dryer without turning them on? You tell me.
God's pretty darn good. No wonder He doesn't want me to count. This story reminds me of how He multiplied the money I had in my wallet 2 years ago. He can change circumstances in a second. He also cares about the little things, like my laundry :) Doesn't it make you love Him more?
Don't count.
-J
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