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Day 2

2005-04-05T21:09:00.000-07:00

I have to admit that writing in this blog scares me. I don't usually express my most private thoughts to people. Writing daily about my walk with God is a little out of my comfort zone. I'm afraid that the words won't come out right or people will not see the real me. I am going to do my best to be honest but it is a scary thing. My blogs may not be beautiful or poetic but bare with me. So with that said. . . All and all, today was a pretty average day. In my english discussion today there were not any huge surprises. However our discussion did remind me of how hopeless our world seems sometimes. I watch the news or listen to kids at school talk and I feel hopeless. Why is our world falling apart and why are people running from God? Sometimes it seems like there is just a small circle of people who believe the same things I do. It seems like there is no hope for the world. But that is when I must rely on God and remember that He is my hope. I'm still waiting for my surprise though. One of my favorite movies is The Incredibles. Whenever I think about waiting for my surprise I am reminded of a scene from the movie. There is a cute little boy sitting on a tricycle at the end of Mr. Incredibles driveway. He is just staring at Mr. Incredible (who is a superhero by the way) as he gets out of his car after work. Mr. Incredible glares at the little boy and asks, "What are you waiting for?" The little boy replies, "Something amazing I guess." It's pretty cute. Well that was just a random thought. I'm not sure if God wants us to be like the little boy or not. My guess is He doesn't want us waiting our life away. We must go out looking for our surprises.

Day 1

2005-04-04T20:03:00.000-07:00

Today was pretty typical. I went to school and then track practice. I am trying to do a devotional every morning before school. This morning I did a short one and the last thing I prayed was "Surprise me, God." The whole day it stuck with me. I was very observant of everything around me. I kept searching for God in every part of my life. Of course God popped up in a place that I was not expecting. I did not have a huge surprise from God today, I would say it was more like a hello from him. During my second block class today, english, we were assigned a very interesting assigment (at least I think it is interesting!). We were given five questions to answer: 1. What is the role of God in the affairs of human beings? 2.
What does life mean? 3. What makes life worthwhile? 4.
How should we live our lives? 5. How does each of us fit into the grander design of the universe? I think that these are very interesting questions to ponder and try to answer. Tommorrow we are going to have a discussion about them. I just wonder if God might surprise me through the discussion. I am just trying to be patient and see how God is going to surprise me in the next thirty days.

2005-04-04T18:42:00.000-07:00

Sorry. I kind of got ahead of myself. I totally forgot to introduce myself and let you know where I am coming from. My name is Hayley and I am a junior at Chaska High School. I am in cross-country, nordic skiing and track. My life is pretty full. I started going to upper room about a year ago when I friend introduced me to it. I'm not really sure if you want to read every detail of my life so maybe I'll stop there.

Anyway, I am really excited for this little experiment. But also slightly nervous. I'm not really sure what to expect, but I guess that is why it is called a surprise. I hope that I don't miss a surprise because I wasn't paying attention. But what if God doesn't want to surprise me during these thirty days. Maybe He is waiting to surprise in May. Hhmm. It's all very interesting. I just need to let these thrity days run their course. . .God has it in control.