"Rain, Rain Go Away"

Today was my second day off, which translates to I got nothing accomplished. I woke up about noon, made lunch, took a nap, watched some movies, and did the dishes (which is saying a lot). I thought I had a pretty strong stomach, but these dishes were my roommates. He had some people over for a potluck the other night and left all the dishes to do later. Well, me being Mr. Proactive ☺, I decided to help him out since I was home all day and he had to work. So I set about cleaning. Let me just say, the smell from these dishes made you want to barf! I was gagging almost every time I would wash one because the smell would waft up. There were about four times I thought I was gonna have to rewash vomit off the dishes. I finally got all the dishes and silverware done, however, there was a pot of nastiness still left on the stove (it looked like they had just opened up a container of tomato soup, mixed it with some ketchup, and poured it into a bowl). That remains in the sink. I wasn’t man enough to tackle that one.
After doing the dishes, I got ready to meet up with some friends for Fantasmic. I got all ready and headed out to the bus stop to wait for them. It was a beautiful night! I just sat there, soaking it all in. Once they got to Chatham (my housing complex for those of you who haven’t sent me something in the mail ☺), we headed on down to Hollywood Studios. When we pulled into the parking lot it started to rain, but we were determined. We ended up sitting through the entire show! We left soaking wet, but this wasn’t going to beat us! The rain’s kept us from seeing this show all week, for goodness sake. It was great despite the weather. The last scene with Mickey Mouse on the mountain top makes you just want to jump up and scream, “I WORK FOR HIM! I KNOW HIM!”
Today I finished up the book of James. In chapter 6, James encourages Christians to stay encouraged because the Lord is coming back for them. He tells them just to be patient and not allow little things under your skin. He uses the analogy of a farmer anxiously waiting for his crops to grow and be harvested. I love this analogy because when you dig down into it, you realize that there is a lot of work that the farmer must do in order to reap that harvest. He must remain faithful daily. He must put in the hard work now because he knows that it will all benefit his crops in the end. It can be so difficult to be overwhelmed and frustrated with life, but when you look at the big picture, Christians can have joy because, though we working hard right now, the day is coming where we can enjoy the fruits of our labor and a much needed rest. Amen to that!