rain.

something amazing happened. it's what prompted me to blog in the middle of the week, anyway.

it was raining, and i decided to just make a run for it, without an umbrella. i was running late, but i don't suppose that'd be much of an excuse.

so i prayed the rain wouldn't drench me too much, and started out.

then of all things, a car horned, and stopped, and someone passed me an umbrella. a stanger gave me an umbrella.

was completely nonplussed. dumbstruck. whatever you call it.

it was just amazing, amazing, amazing.

so i got drenched a few seconds more before taking it all in, and said thank you so many times over. i don't think they heard me.

i'd heard two cars horn just before that, but i hadn't stopped. i'd just crossed one of those small roads, and was under the impression they'd been rebuking me for not looking before i walked. one car turned, and that's why i'd thought what i'd thought, after all.

i'd like to think, they were trying to do exactly the same thing. it's an amazing world.

God's given me amazing friends. and He's blessed me with amazing people to share this world with.

i'd prayed that i wouldn't get sick, or get too wet, but i hadn't prayed for an umbrella. it just never came to mind.

God is good.

and while i waited at the bus stop, i hadn't taken a bus in rainy weather in a long enough time that i didn't think to stand back. when the first truck drove into a puddle that had water splashing halfway over the entire length of that sheltered area, i wasn't so much feeling anything but being stunned. then i realised, it was more than twice as many cars that purposely avoided the puddle made by the road sinking in a little just at the bus stop. they'd slow down, deliberately, or even drive in the middle of two lanes, just so they wouldn't get people wet.

and it's times like these when i just have to stop, and wonder at how amazing God is, how amazing life is.