I still haven't heard back from the Children's Place. I get tired of being told that I will be contacted within a period of time and that period of time goes by and I hear nothing. However, God has taught me a lot about patience. I do try to look at this as a chance to grow in patience. One has no choice but to grow in patience when it comes to filling out applications online. If you haven't had the pleasure doing that, then you're really missing out on a blessing, as my baptist friends would say.
I was talking with a friend last night who like me has graduated from college and has struggled to adjust to grown up life. My conversations like this always left me mourning the loss of my childhood. I think about life as a kid and it seems like just yesterday my life was free of worries and challenges. However, it occurred to me in this particular conversation that my time of mourning was over. I look back at my childhood and a enjoy the memories, but the profound longing to return to those years is gone. Visiting my parents the other day, I got out of my car and smelled the freshly cut grass, a year ago this would have brought tears to my eyes (no lie). I found myself enjoying the smell for what it was and what it meant. This is so freeing to me.
There is another interesting point--Freedom. We learn and we grow, and while learning we feel bound to certain rules-- color inside the lines, keep your shirt tucked in, no elbows on the table, the seventh should always resolve down (for the musicians reading)-- but I am beginning to feel a great sense of freedom in my life and in my marriage. We have the opportunity to grow and to endure within the context of freedom. I say this the Sunday before my wife and I move into my in-laws house... paradox, huh? Freedom abounds though. All because of Christ. Thank God for Jesus!
The Lord is truly risen!
You are in my prayers!
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