Amidst the Silence

So this is my first post. New to the blogging world but love to keep up with others. We might not have that exciting of a life yet, but married life keeps getting better everyday. I am madly in love with my best friend and he makes me a better person. Enough of the gushy stuff on to my weekend. It is official I have lost the husband to hunting season. Yes, that is right it goes straight from fishing to hunting. So I am alone in Birmingham this weekend and there is little life here...meaning all of my friends have left for Auburn or Tuscaloosa or somewhere of the sorts. For me, I had planned on going to Auburn (riding with a couple of friends) but we decided to turn around when we watched the forecast (REALLY bad weather!). So here I am, alone for the first time by myself in Birmingham. It is quiet, really quiet. So I tried doing homework, then I tried running, then I tried watching football, but all lead me back to the silence and reminded me I was alone. So then after a bout of feeling extremely alone and sad for myself I turned on a podcast from a church (for those who dont know these are sermons that can be downloaded straight to your iPod...glorious, i know!) and realized, why was I so afraid to be alone? Sometimes God wants us to be alone so we can spend some time with Him, we need to cherish those times of silence so that we can stop all the chaos around us and listen....And what is so wrong with being alone for one day? I have a wonderful family, an amazing husband, fabulous friends, and a caring God. What more could I ask? So amidst the silence, I found comfort.