The drive to Anderson from West Columbia is about 2 to 2 & 1/2 hours. Throughout the drive you have the opportunity, if taken, to relax and take in the scenery surrounding you, obviously while paying attention to the road. Halfway to Anderson, I take a short detour off of 385 into Mauldin. From Mauldin, back on 385 just enough to avoid the toll road...why it still exists, I don't know.
On the other side of Mauldin, you get the sense that you're almost home...the same way Cory and I get when we see we are at the Chapin exit. As I merged back on to 385, I noticed through my sunglasses that there was a random pink trim to the bottom of the clouds ahead. I blinked a few times, and tried to see if it was just me seeing things, but it wasn't.
This pink trim only surrounded the bottom of the clouds in front of where the sun would soon appear. It then made me realize how things like a random pink lining, or a clear blue sky and winds like the devil outside ARE NOT natural. God makes everything beautiful in it's time, and the way these clouds were moving, I saw this pink trim at the perfect time, because it soon would be gone.
Today's trip made me realize to be thankful for the blessings I do have. Not everyone is blessed with the life I have, the opportunities I have been given, or the friendships that I continually strive to make better. The car my parents work so hard to pay for, the education my parents provide for me, the care and support my whole family gives me when I am struggling. My grandpa who saves up quarters just for me so I will have change to do laundry, my grandma who constantly prays for me and tells me how proud she is of me, and my friends who keep me laughing even when I wish I was still home. But I'm blessed to have a God whose love NEVER fails, no matter how bad I screw up, or run, He is ALWAYS there.
"And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose." Romans 8:28
Phil 4:13,
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