God's Gift

Love the title of this blog post...  It reminds me of a story that makes everyone who sees/hears it shake their heads in disbelief.
Believe it or not, a former student and high school football standout had this tattooed down his triceps (minus the apostrophe~UGH~my punctuation pet peeve).   Yeah.  It's true.  18 years old...Gods Gift (one word down each tricep)  Really needs no commentary...

But my God's Gift came in the form of my run today.  It has been raining and storming ALL DAY LONG.  During my last class we had a really long hail storm rain down on us.  It was LOUD and THICK.  I had trouble seeing the classrooms across the courtyard from my room.  It was one of those times that you had to pause and look outside to watch the power of weather.  One of my kids said, "All hail is breaking loose."  Totally fit the situation!
When I got home the sky was moving those dark and not-so-dark clouds around pretty quickly and the flags were flying sharply to the north.  It wasn't raining and I decided it was worth the risk.  I had trouble catching my breath running up County Line into the wind, but I got my 3 miles in, drank my Poweraid Zero, and as I was heading up for my shower the skies opened up and the rain just poured down.
I know it sounds weird...but I really felt that God was giving me the gift of an outdoor run today.  I spend so much time worrying about tomorrow...if God can give me a run, he certainly will take care of my bigger needs.  It was a much needed blessing today.  (As I sit here typing, listening to the thunder and rain pelting the window and Mark Johnson telling me about the high winds, hail, and the risk of tornadoes all around me.)
I do love a good storm.