looking up.

i went for a run last night (er, earlier this week when i wrote this).

it was dark. no one was around. i turned my music waaaaaaaaay up so i could tune out the critters chirping and scurrying and all that. 

and i ran alongside a possum at one point.

and i was kinda scared.

eeeeven though i was inside the gates of a christian camp.

eeeeeeven though i shouldn't be afraid of the dark anymore.

eeeeeeeeven though britney and katy perry were helping me power through it.

i thought my shadow was someone chasing me. and when the random light hit me just right, it looked like 3 people were chasing me (curiously running at the same pace as me... hmmm)

and then i looked up.

and have you seen a texas sky? and all the glitter up there?

 how could i be scared when there is a God who created this for me. who knows me and loves and... is THERE. 

and of course i thought about life. and all the unnecessary (and irrational?) fears we have. and worries.

and how if we woud just look up instead of down and around at things that lead us deeper into the trap of fear... we might be reminded.

of a God who is there.

always there.

showing us a little bit of sparkle when we need it.