Rainbows and Renovations

Hi all :) I can't actually believe that today is only the week anniversary of being back in Gtown! So much has happened already that I feel like I've been maniacally busy for a month! hehe... but i promise i'm not about to dedicate an entire blog post to an insignificant subject like business. What I've really got on my mind at the moment are two things... rainbows and renovations. In the vac I went with my mom and sister to an oragnic fleamarket in Joburg. The name conjures up images of a fairy world of vegan hippies, but really it's a very wonderful place to visit every now and again, and not even all the stall owners look like hippies! hehe... but you do get things like avocado honey there (avocado because of the type of tree the bees polinate... it adds a very interesting flavour to the honey). You can also find one of my most favorite things in the world there... rainbow-makers. Well, that's what I call them... other people would probably call them glass crystals and my mom bought one for me. This little object, once hung in my res-room window, results in much joy, hope and hapiness as I get a daily reminder of the promises of God (like he gave Noah with the original rainbow) when my room becomes ablaze with hundereds of little rainbows from about 6:45 till 11 in the morning while the sun beams through my window (7:15 is definately the defining amazing moment). I can't even begin to explain how delightful it is to wake up to a room which is singing God's praise and glowing with colour! As Nats said when I showed her... "It's like Pollyanna!" :D I wish everyone who needs the equivalent of a God-hug should come and be in the place of hapiness that my room becomes for a few hours everyday... I feel so privileged!

And so how do renovations relate to this? Well, they don't really, except that that's kind of where my heart is at at the moment. But no matter if it's hurting one day or peaceful the next, the rainbows are a reminder of the hope that I live with in Jesus. I once went to a workshop on a camp called "Renovating the Heart" and basically that's what's happening.... a new house is being bulit in my heart, and it's going to be a mansion! As it says in 2 Chronicles 2:9 "...the temple I build must be large and magnificent" anything less is just not good enough... I can't wait! :D

So now, it's back to the world of academics... but not for long... there's a public holiday in 2 more sleeps! yay! And then it's off to Cathcart to spend sometime with the delightful Jearey family and some of my many wonderful friends.