feeling pretty cocky

coming home tonight (8/17) i felt very cocky about know that God would take care of me. at one point i wondered about the difference between being cocky and arrogant. i had taken 5 different buses to get home in 11 hours. it POURED rain almost the entire way home. when i got off the bus at santa cecilia it was 7pm, dark, raining and i had a HEAVY backpack. coming home on the bus i had already told God there was no way i could walk home with my pack. it was so very heavy and the weight of it was hurting/bruising my back. i sat down and had an ice cream and wondered how God was going to provide a way home. there was a boy there at sta cecilia that i'd seen on the bus a lot and knew that he would be making his way home but how and when i didn't know. as i sat there eating my ice cream a car went by and i thought i should maybe start walking cuz God knew where i was. as i started walking i realized my pack wasn't near as heavy as it had been all day and it wasn't resting on the swollen area. i realized that although it was raining it was not the torrential downpour it had been most of the day. there were house lights and street lights every so often but even where there weren't and it was totally dark there was enough light for me to find my way. even without using my flashlight that i had in my pack. after walking about 1/3 of the way a truck came along and the boy i knew from the bus was in the back and he got the truck driver to stop for me. because there had been so much rain there was a lot of flooding on the road and right after the truck picked me up we drove through a river across the road. a short while later the guy pulled into his driveway and we got out and started walking. mykel and i walked for about another 1/3 of the way, him in his work boots and me in sandals slip sliding away walking through all the water and mud. another vehicle approached and i asked God if we could please have a ride. there was a big soccer game (cr vs mexico) starting in 5 minutes and i wanted to see it. i'm quite certain God wasn't too concerned about the game but we did get another ride. what i hadn't seen was an even bigger river across the road not even 20' ahead. and so i did make it home in time to see the game. i walked home alone in the dark, in the rain with a heavy pack for a couple of kms, walked a couple more kms with mykel and rode the rest of the way. i had rides when i needed them, a pack that was somehow lighter, enough light to see to walk in the dark and a lighter rainfall. you never have to worry if you trust in God because He will take care of you. He takes care of me all the time.