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Wednesday, March 02, 2005

Sweet Rain

I’ve been having a great semester and a great past few weeks although lots of not-so-good things have happened. I want to note a small experience that I had just yesterday. – I had just got a ceasar salad at the café and was going to meet Wyndee. As I got to the car I was thinking how wonderful the day was and how sweet the rain made the air smell. With that I got into the car and as soon as I did I spilled almost the entire container of Italian dressing in the floor of the car (warning: they just pretend to put the lids on those things, what they do is just set them on the top of the container). Well I could have gotten really mad but with a lot of help from God I gracefully and very humorously tried to swab/smear/dab the dressing from the floor all the while balancing the most humongous drink I’ve ever gotten at the café without spilling it directly into my lap. Well the car smells like a greasy Italian kitchen now but when I got out of the car I was still able to smell the sweet rain.

I guess that’s how I would characterize the ups and downs of this semester although there have been some bad and unfortunate things happen (like losing your vehicle authorization, but I don’t know anyone that could happen to) there has always been the scent of sweet rain on the horizon. Don’t get me wrong I don’t want to continue with the dichotomies throughout this post because there has been much more rain that drought.

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    Derek A. Cain

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    Favorite Music:
    "We Live"- Superchicks
    "Beautiful Love" - The Afters
    "Lay Down My Pride" - Jeremy Camp
    "Burn for You" - Toby Mac

    Favorite Books:
    The Bible
    My Utmost for His Highest
    The Chronicles of Narnia
    The Book of God
    A Love Worth Giving
    A Call to Die

    Favorite Movies:
    ET
    The Patriot
    The Matrix
    The Incredibles
    Milo & Otis
    Lord of the Rings
    Supersize Me

    Favorite Quotes:
    "I realize that it isn't very fashionable to talk about some things as being holy; nevertheless, if we ever want to rid ourselves of personal and corporate emptiness, brokenness, loneliness, and fear, we will have to allow ourselves room for that which we cannot see, hear, touch, or control."

    "If we're really honest with ourselves, there are probably times when we think, 'What possible use can I be in this world? What need is tehre for seombody like me to fill?' That's one of the deeper mysteries. Then God's grace comes to us in the form of another person who tells us we have been of help, and what a blessing that is."


    2005 Graduate of Berea College - B.A. - Education.
    Birthday:
    05/26/1983
    Home Town:
    Somerset, KY
    High School:
    Southwestern Pulaski County High School '01

    Professional Info:
    Job:
    Intern at Calvary Baptist Church
    Job Title:
    College Ministry Intern
    Work History:
    Berea College - Student Payroll - Clerk
    Berea College - Student Life - RA

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