5th floor wonders

we live on the 5th floor of our condo that overlooks a bank parking lot, but if you look out to the distant you can see the chicago skyline. i love having our balcony doors open and letting the wind blow in.  and the good thing about the 5th floor is that it's high up, so even though it's cold out, it's hot in here and because our condo faces the sun most of the day.  i really like our place and am so thankful for God's provision of this place.  one of the things we saw from our balcony that i absolutely love is...

this reminds me of the promises that the Lord has given me.  i love seeing rainbows because i feel like God through these rainbows not only reminds me of His promises but also His beauty.  i enjoy watching God's beauty around me and it takes my breath away seeing beauty like that... like this rainbow... and it brings hope to me... that God is making my life that beautiful... even in the midst of midterms, papers, emotional rollercoasters, heartaches and troubles... ERP is a beautiful creation of God.  

if i could describe how my life is now as a season, i feel like it is fall... all the changing, the falling out of the dying leaves, some branches that lay bare in the cold... and i eagerly wait for winter to pass so that the warm spring weather could bring the beautiful new growth of the stuff that died out.  God is really working in my heart in a lot of different ways, having me reflect on Him and my heart, directing me to what i need to invest in and what i need to let go...  fall is a beautiful season...  it's a season where all you can do is wait and hope for the change to occur.  

these are the thought of a girl on the 5th floor.