Refreshed

Wow, it feels like forever since I've done a new post, especially one longer than two lines.  Today was so refreshing.  After my 6 am meeting I took a three hour nap, which was fantastic.  Such a great way to start the day :)  In addition to the nap, I had my piano lesson today, which is always relaxing (in comparison to my high school days when I would try to hide the fact that I hadn't touched the piano in the last week), and then had a great quiet time.  I drove out to Montana de Oro, a great state park only 30 minutes away from campus.  It was so beautiful!  I sat on the beach and just soaked in God's grace.  My mom sent me an email today about Rick Warren, and I thought of something he said while I was sitting there.  This is part of the interview: "When I get up in the morning, I sit on the side of my bed and say, God, if I don't get anything else done today, I want to know You more and love You better. God didn't put me on earth just to fulfill a to-do list. He's more interested in what I am than what I do."  I have been so focused on fulfilling my to do lists lately, whether they are spiritual or material, that I was exhausted and frustrated.  Having some time just to spend alone with God and relax was such a gift.  It is such a wonderful thing that we don't have to work for salvation, he did the work for us.  So yeah, that was my wonderful, refreshing afternoon.

By the way, I don't take credit for the picture.  I forgot my camera today, but I needed to put one on, so I found one on the internet.  I think I've been doing too many research papers lately...I feel like I need a works cited :)