Kings

During my morning reading yesterday, this verse jumped out and hit me across the face.  Well, maybe not exactly, but I’ve been thinking about it ever since.  Sometimes God is in the whisper when we really want him to be as big, obvious, and powerful as a hurricane or earthquake.  My heart has been heavy lately as some of my close friends are going through some really hard things. Today, I’m praying that the gentle and quiet whisper be close.  That His still small voice be a comforting embrace that brings peace and rest.  

1 Kings 11-12:

Then he was told, "Go, stand on the mountain at attention before God. God will pass by." 

A hurricane wind ripped through the mountains and shattered the rocks before God, but God wasn't to be found in the wind; after the wind an earthquake, but God wasn't in the earthquake; and after the earthquake fire, but God wasn't in the fire; and after the fire a gentle and quiet whisper.

The Windy City

Dont have much time but wanted to do a quick post about the GREAT trip i had to Chicago.  If it was this beautiful in the middle of winter, then I can only imagine how amazing it would be when the sun is shining!  So many times we looked up and couldn't see the top of buildings because they were hidden in clouds.  That's what I call a skyscraper.  Here are some of my favorite things.

Art institute museum, got to see Seurat’s A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte up close.

Michigan Ave was spectacular!!

Went to see the Broadway production of Dreamgirls – it did not disappoint.  

They had a HUGE Lego Land on Magnificent Mile, I made friends with an old lady :)

Picasso’s sculpture downtown.  

Pritzker Pavilion in Millennium Park – I want to go back and see a concert there.

Cloudgate (aka THE BEAN!!) – loved it!

Next on my list of places I must see: Boston!!  The fall is going to be here sooner than we think.  Can I interest anyone in a trip to New England??