The Glory of the Lord above Pittsburgh

This morning I had the opportunity to ride in to work by myself so I decided to bring in my motorcycle.  It was in the mid 40's but the sun was shining.  As I took the on ramp for the HOV lane on I-279 South I noticed that there was not one but two rainbow halos around the sun.  I knew that the rainbows were caused by ice particles high in the atmosphere.  The fact that there were two of them meant that there were a lot of them in the area above the Pittsburgh area. 

My thoughts went from the scientific to the Holy.  I said out loud to no one but God, thank you for showing us your presence this morning.  I had a hard time concentrating on driving the bike, a dangerous issue.  I just could not take my eyes off of the affect.  It was beautifully sublime in its simplicity and symmetry.  I thought about all of those people around me in their cars and I wondered if any of them were seeing what God was showing us this morning.  Most of them probably missed the show.

As I rode in I just enjoyed being out in the brisk morning while the presence of God was above the city.  We spend a lot of our lives looking at what is right in front of us.  If we take a moment and look up we may be taken by surprise at what God is waiting to show us.

 

Avoiding the Spiral- a followup to my last post

It is now 2:10 PM and I am feeling much better.  I took a walk across campus and picked up some Indian food for lunch.  It seems that the morning coffee at 6:30 AM and then french toast casserole at 9:15 AM really screwed up my sugar levels.  I am feeling significantly better and my overall out look is very positive at this point.

Time to really start watching my sugar and caffeine intake.  There goes the root beer that I was going to have this afternoon.

Watching out for the downward spiral

I am at work and it is lunch time.  I am feeling very strange right now.  I seemd to be starting in to a spiral of apathy and bad attitude.  Overall things are going well.  It is several little things that are bugging me and starting to bring me down.

I am not hungry, I can afford to miss a meal or two.  I feel that I am becoming disconnected when it comes to the family.  I am having a problem working on my group project and I am tired.  I attribute alot of this to the fact that my diet has been extremely poor and I am not exercising at all.  I am making excuses and not making the time.  I have to be careful not to let this get the best of me.  Just one of those days I guess.  Having trouble getting into the frame of mind to tlak with God so I have to really watch it. 

I don't get it, great services at church over the weekend and a meeting with some of my brothers at S.K.I.N, most of the guys were out this week and there were only 3 of us but it was good.  Not sure how to get through this at the moment.  I will update as I make my way through this particular rough patch.