Playing in the Rain

So right now it is absolutely pouring in Columbia with crazy amounts of thunder and lightening going off every 3 seconds (yes 3 seconds. I counted and timed and then came up with an average). So I decided that it would be a fun idea to just go outside, sit on the stoop of the apartment, and collect my thoughts or whatever people do when they sit outside in the rain.

After about 3 minutes, I had gotten so excited from all the rain (I was literally jumping up and down giggling) I called Lee out there and we just watched for a few more minutes. After a while we decided to see how deep the water was out by the street. So I ripped off my shirt and ran out to the road. It was up to my ankle and rising! I came back onto the stoop and then realized that someone's recycling bin was floating away, so I had to go chase it down. I put it in someone's lawn, hopefully it was the right lawn.

After that Lee and I just decided to be children and went and played in the rain. We pretty much just ran up and down the street and waved at cars. We had a few honks and a lot of weird looks. We ended up making a boat and letting it float down the street.

It was nice being a kid again. Sometimes we get so caught in life with work and school and all the other "stuff" that we crowd our life with, that we never stop and see how awesome the world is around us. We see rain as an inconvenience because it will take us longer to get to our next activity.

God has given us this awesome world to be a part of. Sometimes we need to just step back from all the "stuff" that we "have to do" and just sit back and be amazed by the awesome creation that God has made. You might just be surprised how much fun it is.