What's blue and springy? a blue spring!

Just like my favorite joke. (What's brown and sticky? ....a stick!!!)

Jamie, Vanessa and I missed out on half-price Universal tickets shahaha...i know i know - so funny. But that's where we went today! Very beautiful and sooo refreshing! So we drove 1/2 hour to Blue Spring State Park. Basically, it's a spring that sends 104 million gallons of 72 degree water per day from a deep hole in the ground. you can actually see the hole in the picture to the left...where the dark water is. The water is perfectly clear - because it's been distilled for a year going through the ground.

And yes - there was even the potential for alligators. Vanessa and I were a little nervous about that - although we knew they were supposed to be caged off. Unfortunately we didn't get to see any once we were at a safe distance.











It's basically like the "lazy river" in the theme parks - but it's all natural!

We have one week left of classes - i only have two hours of class a day - but besides that there's a ton of reading.

Jamie and i took the opportunity to jump in one last time. ->

At church this morning we sang a song which goes well with the weekend for me. I believe that it's something God is teaching me - that there's more to it all. It says "Stuff of earth competes for the allegiance I owe only to the Giver of all good things." Even the beautiful spring or the lovable people or even the bible are all FROM God. I'm loving the bible - but they are so good to remind me here not to become a "bibliolator" (lover of the Bible) but a lover of God.

There's more that rises in the morning than the sun
And more that shines in the night than just the moon
There's more than just this fire here that keeps me warm
In a shelter that is larger than this room

And there's a loyalty that's deeper than mere sentiments
And a music higher than the songs that I can sing
Stuff of Earth competes for the allegiance
I owe only to the Giver of all good things

So if I stand let me stand on the promise that you will pull me through
And if I can't, let me fall on the grace that first brought me to you
So if I sing let me sing for the joy that has born in me these songs
And if I weep let it be as a man who is longing for his home