Weeping May Remain...

I'm back! I had an amazing time (see my travel journal or ask me for all the details!), but I am glad to be home with my familiy, friends and my own shower :)

The night before I left for the Netherlands I was starting to freak out. I had never been away from my family and friends for so long and I knew I would miss them. I was starting to cry. I picked up my Bible to do my nightly reading. I am currently going through Psalms and this was the next Psalm I came to, "Weeping may remain for the night, but rejoicing comes in the morning." (Psalm 30:5). God is so amazing! That was just the verse I needed.

Repeating it to myself helped me calm down and quieted my tears. I knew that though I was nervous and anxious and upset that night, the next day and all of the days I was in Europe I would be happy and rejoicing in the wondrous oppportunity I had been given! With this in mind I slept peacefully that night. I wrote the verse on an index card to take with me in case I needed it. And boy did I!

Our first day in Maastricht was a challenge. We had been traveling for hours and got to our hostel and were in a very bad mood. The towels were too small, the showers turned off ever 45 seconds, the rooms were small, we had no drawers to keep our clothes in... We were crabby to say the least.

I pulled out my index card and read the verse aloud to my fabulous roommates (love you guys!!!) We all needed a reminder that things were looking bad that night, but in the morning after a good night's sleep everything would look different. And of course they were. The next morning things didn't look so bad :)

God is so amazing. He knew I needed that verse and made sure I read to that verse at just the right moment.

xoxo