Anticipation

We spend most of our lives waiting. Waiting for the next big stage, the next big promotion, the next big thing. I have come to consider learning to wait a discipline that will take a lifetime to master. And waiting happens in such small increments. I feel every five minutes I have to remind myself to wait on the Lord. To live in the moment and not in some projected moment in the future.

The last thing I want is to finally reach the point I have been waiting for and look back with regret at all the empty days I just spent waiting.

I want to live every moment, fill everything out so there is no space left, learn all I can, try everything I dare, and learn to trust the Lord.

Someone Else's Thoughts

I wanted to post something deep and spiritual. But my thoughts are not all together on what I've been thinking about with God lately. So I leave you this link, where you can read some thoughts on the Gospel through the eyes of a Kansas City seminary student. I thought it was something good to share.

Facelift

I was getting bored of looking at my blog. So, I changed it. I wish I could design my own templates. That would be tres chic.

Also, I just saw the new Bond movie. Whew. Action packed. To say the least...

Where the Heart Is

I just finished reading Lauren's blog and remembered that I too had promised friends I would write about my travels to Nebraska.

It was great to see the familiar terrain: the stark branches, gray skies, crisp leaves. These are some of the things that are indelible in my mind. They have permeated my senses. More than one of you has heard me say, when it is October in Arizona, I know what it should smell like. It should smell like fallen leaves, but it just doesn't. Now I know why I was drawn to the author's of the great plains honors courses I always seemed to find myself in. The authors seemed to express in words more poetic than I ever could, what it is really like in the great plains. Stark, beautiful, life-giving, life-taking.

And now onto the people.

It was so good to see old friends and catch up on their new lives. We really are going places aren't we? Last year, Jenny asked me if I had thought of going to my 5 year class reunion. I said I hadn't even thought of it. When she asked why, I said because I'm not who I want to be yet. One year later, I think I have a little more to offer. I think that is true for everyone I encountered on my trip. More people are married and learning through a whole other person in their lives. More people have jobs that are interesting or allow them to do interesting things. We are living our lives. I felt so grown up!

It was so encouraging and heart-warming to catch up with friends that are near and dear to my heart. It was also a great blessing to celebrate with a good friend his wedding day. Congratulations Tom!

Coffee

Yesterday I went to that movie, you know? When I was out with the girls one of them thought of someone I should meet. He's 25, and I think she said he's an investment broker.

So, he called me today and I'm meeting him for coffee.

Just thought you all would be interested to know... ;)

The Prestige

I just saw The Prestige with some girlfriends. It was good. It is also an illustration of what can happen to people when they look to things other than God for life and significance. People sell their souls for meaning, power, and what they think is life. It is a hopeless place to be in.

But a good movie.