Oh the Joys of Jetlag.

It's 3:31 in the morning, Madrid time.  Turns out that neither Erin or I have the ability to sleep right now, which is frustrating but that's just the reality of jetlag.  Soon enough it'll be a distant memory (hopefully anyways!).

What does one do while unable to sleep due to jetlag, you ask?  Good question, here you go:

1.  Get irritated and get out of bed.  Chat briefly with flatmate who is also unable to sleep.
2.  Take a benedryl - hopefully it'll knock you out for a few hours once it kicks in.
3.  Break open the new journal and write a few pages.  Determine that some time with Jesus would be extremely valuable right now.
4.  Pray.
5.  Google "bible verse of the day" because your computer is closer in proximity than your bible and you're curious as to what you'll find.  Verse of the day turns out to be Mark 11:24.
6.  Recognize the verse was taken out of context,  read and pray through the whole chapter.
7.  Find yourself comforted and reminded that:
     - The Lord knew ahead of time where the colt was.
     - He equips, empowers, and guides His disciples to do His work.
     - God is powerful.  So is authentic trust, prayer, and faith coming from a heart whose desire is to see the Lord be glorified and His will be done.
8.  Decide to make a list of neat ways the Lord has provided over the last few days.  This ends up being really encouraging - the list is long.
9.  Write a blog post - sorry if it doesn't end up making as much sense as I think it does :).
10.  Feel the benedryl kicking in, decide to try sleeping again.

But before I do that, I just wanted to let you know that Madrid is beautiful, God is good, and I'm excited to be here even if I'm not excited about the jetlag.  It turned out to be a blessing tonight and a sweet time with Jesus.

I'd still encourage you to pray that we'll get good rest soon though :).