It's a Rainy Night...

...part of this blog's namesake.

I love a rainy night. I love a sunny day.

It's been a month since I've gotten here, but it feels like so much longer than that. I've already made friends that I feel like I've known for so much longer than just a few weeks.

The people here are from far and wide; I've now got friends all over the U.S. of A. At Samford, people thought it was crazy that I was from 10 hours away, but here, it's no big deal at all that I'm from 8 hours away.

Life is just good.
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The other day I was prompted by something (I don't remember what, exactly) to sit and think about what my greatest fears are. Most of what I was able to list to myself were wishy-washy things that I could get over pretty quickly; I like to think of myself as a fairly sturdy, resilient person. Regardless, the one thing that really stuck out at me was the fear of letting other people down.

Disclaimers to the above statement: I am not afraid of failure; it happens. I know I'm not perfect. I am forgiven again and again by a Savior who let Himself get nailed to a cross for every stupid thing that I have ever done. Many eons ago I used to say, "I know God forgives me, but I just can't forgive myself." Thanks to an inspiring message at K-Life one night, I don't believe this to be true anymore. It doesn't matter whether I can forgive myself or not; God forgives, and that's what matters.

So where does that leave me in the midst of others who have expectations of me? Am I afraid they might not forgive me? Should that even matter, given the One who forgave us all? I don't have any particular situation in mind, but life just begs questions like these of me every now and then.
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Inspiring quotes accumulated in the past month or so:
"Don't ask questions. Just shut up."
"People are stupid. I'm a people."
"You're being sassy again. Sassafras!"
"Daneek!"
"It's a good'n."
"I'm fat." "Yep." "No."
"I have compassion for little overweight kids."
"It's called a clicker!" "It's a comm!." "It's a remote control!"
"You don't know who _____ is!?"
"I'll drive." "Are you sure?" "We always do this."
"It smells like hookah in here!"
"I feel like we've had this conversation already."

tee hee hee