Alternative Independence Day

When I arrived here, I certainly didn't imagine spending 4th of July in the German Colony in Haifa, eating a bountiful feast of Middle Eastern food in a restaurant decorated to look like a medieval Arabic house - but that's what I did! My roommates and I went out with a fellow classmate from Bulgaria, and we walked around the quaint street filled with stone houses. At the end of the road are the famous Baha'i Gardens, which are magnificent during the daytime and illuminated at night.

This morning I was blessed to wake up just as the sun was rising - I went to a balcony and since no one was around, I felt the freedom to sing and dance to God. Watching the morning mist roll of the mountain while the wind whipped around me brought such a vivid awareness of His presence. Thankful to start off the week of classes with this reminder of His glory.

 

Let me hear in the morning of your steadfast love, for in you I trust. Make me to know the way I should go, for to you I lift up my soul.  - Psalm 142:8