12-26-07

12-26-07

Wed

16:45

Yesterday was Christmas…weird, it didn’t feel like Christmas usually does. The coolest thing about it was the times that just took a metaphorical step back, and remembered the whole point of Christmas, talked with God, and thanked Him for the stuff He was blessing me with.

Boy has He blessed us. And boy is He patient and boy are we dumb, forgetful, and faithless. Aly and I were talking about God’s relentless patience, forgiveness, and love just this morning, while taking tea. God has put Aly in my heart as a sister. I am blessed more and more as we become brother and sister more and more.

Caleb and Eva Joy are experiencing God working in them through eachother. I look up to both of them (not as superiors or authorities, but as family and comrades that I am honored to stand beside). Again, God has been working in mine and Caleb’s hearts, bringing us closer together. I am excited to see where God brings us and how He will use us.

Eva Joy inspires my heart. Caleb offers me a firm hand to help bear my burdens and he challenges me to lift my eyes up to the heavens. Aly wakes me up when my heart begins to atrophy, and she gives me the gift of laughter. The others in the house (Daniel, Meredith, Jared, Amanda) are also family to me. (God was not daydreaming when He decided who would e here and when. He planned it very deliberately.)

Random side note = 2 interesting things I learned about myself: 1. my laughter can be confusing to the outsider, because it is often unclear what prompted it, and why it prompted it. I won’t suppress my desire to laugh. So I will instead try to explain its origin and direction (or not, and just let ppl wonder) _2. I really like to be visited (meaning…) I sometimes go off by myself, but I am so happy when someone joins me. I love to be interrupted when I am alone. Whether I am reading, writing, singing, walking, sitting, or even praying or even sleeping, I love to be interrupted to visit or talk or listen or see a friend.