There's something about rainy days. Something that makes me wish they came around more often. Maybe it's the fact that a rainy day gives me a reason to curl up with a blanket and read a book or pop in an old movie and let the day pass me by. Maybe it's because the rain is spontaneous and it's constantly changing- raining harder, softer, a flash of lightning. Maybe it's due to the song "Grace like Rain" and the image that brings to mind, of the rain washing everything away. But one thing I know for certain, with rainy days comes a desire for Chinese food. Chinese food and rainy days are a perfect combination- one that I was able to enjoy today.

I was driving to meet up with my sister at Panda for Chinese, seeing the fog cover the mountains and listening to the rain hit my car. Natasha Bedingfield's song "Pocketful of Sunshine" was playing and wasn't holding my attention so I decided to entertain myself with thinking of what other things in life I thought complemented each other (random? definitely).

One of the things I thought about was how I love action movies. It's something I got from my dad and brother growing up. And then I realized that even though I love action movies, an action movie with Jason Statham is absolutely my favorite! It's like with the Chinese food and rain- a rainy day by itself is great, I love them. But with Chinese it's soooo much better! And Chinese food not eaten on a rainy day is still good but just is amazing on a rainy day. An action movie is always fun for me to watch--- and I've seen Jason Statham in a role or two not in an action movie, he's good but not as great as in an action movie. They just fit together.

Another thing that popped into my mind right after action movies and Jason Statham is that I love books. Specifically mystery books. They challenge me to read the entire book, to not skip to the last page to read the ending, and to try to figure out the mystery myself. So of course I'm trying to think of something that complements a mystery book... Reading it by a fireplace? No. Reading my favorite author? Definitely nice, but still no. And then, I realized that best complement for reading a mystery book was to have that book be Christian. To have God throughout the story. It was as simple as that. The best complement was God. And of course my mind goes "Well, duh! God should be in everything you do!"

And then I thought about, if it was so simple to have God in everything, how was it I so easily overlooked it? And I thought back over all these combinations of items and realized that even though these all were perfect complements of each other, the complements didn't just occur. I have to choose to go get Chinese food on a rainy day- it doesn't just appear. I have to look through alot of action movies to find one that has Jason Statham in it- it doesn't just jump off the shelf into my arms. And I have to search and find a mystery book that is Christian. Same with putting Christ in every area of my life. Even though I'm his child and I'm trying my best to follow His call- I still have to choose to put Him in all parts of my life. I have to work at keeping Him there and not getting sidetracked. It's a struggle. There's opposition everywhere. It's not impossible, just harder than I thought. But, I know where I am weak, He is strong. This is one of the areas in my life I want to work on during this trip- because I know that by putting Christ in every area of my life, He will work more wonders than I can imagine.