Grace

I turned 21 on Saturday. Honestly, I think I had too high of expectations for how it would feel. Of course my friends and family made the day wonderful, but it still wasn't what I expected.

21 years. Many of which were wasted in religion and sin and unfulfillment. Lately I find myself praying Psalm 90:15 a lot, "Give us gladness in proportion to our former misery! Replace the evil years with good."

Grace.

The mundane tasks of life right now include class, lectures, homework, writing news stories, updating online news posts and meticulously crossing those things off my calendar as I get them done.

The more exciting daily happenings include visiting Nadine Frazier, a 73 year old with lots of good nursing home gossip to share, trying to take photographs that will win me free chicken, making music to the Father, living in a suite that helps me hone my skills in sarcasm, cheering on my old soccer team, making new friends, having old friends come visit and reading Brennan Manning's new book, "the furious longing of God."

"Jesus is saying that we may address the infinite, transcedent, almighty God with the intimacy, familiarity, and unshaking trust that a sixteen month-old baby has sitting on his father's lap."

Speaking of Daddy's, I'm going to the U2 concert next Monday with mine. I love him.

I have some friends in the Phillipines right now. Pray for them as they do what God has called us to do.

God is faithful.