Okay so for those of you who don't know, yesterday I asked for prayer because the wound that Jesus bandaged last weekend on the Ladies' Retreat began bleeding again. Well it was because I was having some problems with my boyfriend. Well last night, said problems came to a head and we broke up. It wasn't an ugly break-up in any form. In fact, we were laughing and chatting right after the decision. We're still good friends and we still care about each other. But it's just not the right time for us to have a relationship.
Anyway, this morning I woke at like 9 and everyone else was still sleeping which is highly unusual. So I decided to go for a walk. I donned my tennis shoes and a sweatshirt (silly me - for some reason I thought it would be cold in November, quite the opposite actually.) and popped my headphones into my ears. I put on some worship music (I actually have more than 3 songs now!) and began my journey around the Bluffs. I was conversing with God over the whole situation and how I found it rather stinky that only a week after I surrendered my heart and let him begin healing the wound, my new relationship crumbled. He attempted to get me to understand that his love is enough and to trust him because he'll take care of everything. And to be completely honest, I was being obstinate!
So I'm walking and mumbling and tearing up, and I look down and see this artificial red maple leaf just sitting on the ground right in front of me. 
As if this was not amazing enough in and of itself, do you seen any resemblance to this picture?
The above picture just so happens to be the current background on my laptop. I just randomly found it one day and liked it so I put it as my background. So aside from the fact that I found a beautiful red leaf in the middle of the road, and aside from the fact that it's an artificial leaf so it won't crumble and die, it just so happens to be an exact picture of the background on my laptop. Even down to the striking black and white behind the leaf. Amazing? Well here's the icing on the cake. It jsut so happens that "Healer" is playing on my iPod at this time and I saw the leaf during the big crescendo of "Nothing is impossible for you. Nothing is impossible. Nothing is impossible for you. You hold my world in your hands." Sigh...
I'm beginning to understand more and more that God loves showing off, and the best part - He loves showing off just for me! :D
Oh how he loves us! Come to me, and let's fall in love all over again.
