Ooh Chloe

I didn't have intentions of starting a series, and I still don't, but this post is almost perfect as a "Part 2" for my last post ! I had talked about waiting for God and trusting Him to bring life to situations that look dead from your perspective. I believe with all my heart that God is fully capable of bringing life to those situations, and sometimes He does. I also know that He can take years or even decades for that to come about, or He may never. It's easy to say that you trust God when you have a vision of what He will do, and don't expect Him to deviate too far from that vision. It gets a little harder when you face the fact that God's goodness and sovereignty don't always feel good, and sometimes He doesn't just deviate from your vision - He takes a completely different path. Through the course of your life, the detours, the short cuts, the winding and treacherous paths that end up being dead end roads, God is good. He is good to

This year I have taken a liking to plants. I have quite the collection now, and it all started with the lily that I mentioned in March. My lily is my pride and joy, the beginning of an era for me - the plant era. At the beginning of this summer, one of the two plants completely died. I was upset because I thought I had failed, but I still had one that looked decent. Then the inevitable happened. About two weeks ago the second plant began to wilt and sag, then overnight, the whole thing shriveled up and was as dead as could be. I'm going to be honest with you, I was holding back tears. I took this plant thing serious. I wanted to keep something alive. I wanted to prove to myself that not everything I touch (i.e., projects, career goals, relationships - literally everything) turns to dust. I know it's wrong, but I put a lot of weight on silly things like that. (Flashback to the one time that I had to make an A on a speech about Sylvester Stallone to prove to myself that I am a wo