Singing in the Rain

I have had two interesting experiences the last two mornings on my run...

Sunday morning, as I was running in the cool of the morning, it began raining lightly and then steadily and then pouring... the sunrise was absolutely beautiful.... I love the early morning! The sun rise, the cool wind on my face, the quiet and stillness all around....and a rain shower thrown in just because He can.... what an amazing God we serve!

This morning, I got up at what I thought was my usual time and got outside to run after a small breakfast and quiet time. It was very dark out! I thought, "Wow, it is really starting to stay darker later fast this year." I even looked at Ryan's phone to see the time and it said an 5:20 instead of the usual 6:00 time when I am getting out and about-- but I thought his phone clock was wrong! I did my usual run, came inside, fixed breakfast and hurried thru a shower so I could get the kids up by 7:00-- I went into the kids room to wake up Sarah and the clock in their room said 6:15-- did it dawn on me that I was the one who had woken up an hour earlier? No! I now thought HER clock was wrong too! I went and asked Ryan what time it was-- he said it was 6:15 and wondered why I had gotten out so early since I usually don't like to run in the dark! I COULD NOT believe it! It astounds me that I was so convinced that I knew the right time that I didn't believe #1 the sky light #2 Ryan's phone clock and #3 the clock in the kid's room-- I was fully convinced THEY were all wrong and I was right.

Kind of makes me think-- how often am I blinded to the facts by my own stubborn willfulness? How often do I ignore the truth and instead choose to be deceived because of my own unwillingness or inability to "see" past what I want to see?