to the wise men

i just got back from taking a special person to the airport. it's 6:29 AM here.

while walking home from the subway stop (about 3 minutes), a bright star caught my eye. It was the only star in the sky that I saw from where I was walking, and I suddenly wondered what it would be like to truly walk following a star. It would be very hard. My neck would get very stiff. I might start doubting myself and end up walking in circles. As I came to cross the Wiedner Hauptstraße and the sky opened up, I saw many more similar stars and could no longer tell which one was mine.

sometimes God does not clearly give me an answer to something. but, like the wise men, every now and then He leads me with a bright beautiful star, that only I would notice and follow. He is leading me through so many challenges here in vienna, but every now and then I stumble upon something beautiful, which reminds me that He has been here all along.

I haven't gone to bed yet, and part of my isn't sure I can now. tomorrow i have a lot of errands to do, and a big dinner with the new wellesley girls to cook to get rid of all of the fresh mushrooms from naschmarkt i bought yesterday.

but for right now, for the few minutes where the sky above the buildings i see from sitting at my desk at the window are turning lighter and lighter blue, there is no room for sleep. contentment, peace, love--there is room for all three.