tsunami?

I was somewhat rudely awoken this morning by a text... at 6am.

Casey and I were up in Tofino for a night to cross one more thing off her Last Days in Canada Bucket List. Thursday we spent the day driving (and "not" getting carsick... poor Casey) along the rainy coast and through a snowy mountain pass. They we got to Middle Beach Lodge and went for a wet walk along a very rainy, windy Mackenzie Beach. Then back to our room to get into some dry clothes... and then out to Long Beach for a walk in the now beautiful sunshiny weather!

Then we had supper at Weigh West and had the most hilariously awkwardly shy hobbit-look-a-like surfer guy serve us. haha. We laughed so hard. (and had the worst service!)

Back to this morning though... the texting went something like this:

There is a tsunami warning for you. that sure is turning into an adventure (Devin)

What the junk? really? (me)

Ya a big earthquake hit Japan so they made a warning for the van island coast

How long ago?

Look up Canada quakes on twitter they say

I have no internet here.

Oh I'll look it up for you. It don't sound too serious for Canada

Oh gosh! Then why did you wake me up at 6 in the morning?! You actually have me totally freaked out!

Oh sorry. They say that by 7 your time the waves should hit. They should be 50 centimeters high.

50 cm? like under 2 feet? gah! you suck! haha

Maybe I jumped the gun

I'd say so! haha.

No, they now say three foot waves at seven this morning your time

I'm going back to bed!

Ok, just don't be sleeping on the shoreline

For real? I'm practically sleeping on the beach! well keep me updated and let me know if I need to run for the hills!

Ha. Well I don't know what to say then. I think you're fine. The reports should warn you if anything is huge.

Good! because I am laying here thinking "this is the end... there are still so many things I want to do. And now its all over. Death By Tsunami" hahaha. Hopefully this is not the end.

In all honesty I was laying there in bed.... clinging to my side of the u-shaped sagging mattress so I wouldn't roll into Casey and thinking... is this going to be the end?! haha. I get freaked out pretty easily. But that was only until he told me that the waves were only going to be 2-3 ft. Some of the waves we had seen yesterday were probably around 8 feet high... so then I stopped freaking out. Then, after another hour of extremely restless sleep with half-dreams of drowning and swimming in the freezing ocean, a tasty breakfast and packing up... we headed out. All the beaches were closed today (well the parking lots were anyways) just in case. When we stopped in Port Alberni...

How ya doing, still alive?

Nope. We drowned.

Well now I get to come see you at your open casket funeral

Open casket? nope. I was swept out to sea

Frig

hahaha. I laughed every time my phone jingled with a text from Devin. I had so many texts today... warning me about the possibility of a tsunami. Its always nice to know when others are thinking of and looking out for you! At first I was so nervous about the possibility of a tsunami... and you can laugh at me if you want... but do you think anyone in Japan thought that one would appear in their back yard today? I don't think so! You never really know what might happen tomorrow... or today... or five minutes from now. So is my heart prepared for this to be the end. Did I live my life the best that I could? with Jesus as the center? Am I walking with Him now?

God challenged me on Sunday with something. I am always looking to the future and asking God where am I going? what am I working towards? I am looking to where I will be. And I felt like God said to me. "Jacquelyn... WE will not be anywhere. I can't take you anywhere if you aren't walking with me now, today. So don't worry about where you are going... or what might be. Just take ahold of my hand and I'll take you one step at a time. How can you expect to have a future with me if you don't walk with me? Trust me, you don't need to know or understand the big picture... its enough that I do! Will you trust me? will you take my hand? will you let me be the only one who can see the future and believe that I know best... and that I will give that to you?" Oh man! those are tough words to hear. Am I willing to close my eyes and trust that His vision sees farther and greater things than mine... and let Him guide me there? You know what... I actually think I am. As terrifying as it is, thats all I want. I want to let Him take control and to walk where He has planned. If that means quitting the job that I love... ok. If that means moving to another city... ok. Does it scare me.... YES! But if life were simple, easy and uncomplicated... what would there be to look forward to in heaven? What would be the point of my faith? Sometimes I need a threat of danger to remind me that God is on my side.