*Random Thoughts*

It's funny how your world can tumble like a house of cards. One minutes I was *in control* and life couldn't be better: i had a sink full of clean dishes, i had played and prayed all weekend, I had spent quality time with some great friends from Washington, and I was actually looking forward to going to work. And then - boom - out of nowhere you realize that you've done something wrong (or have I?) and the mixture of guilt, anger, and confusion seep through your walls of confidence, revealing the fact that they were only made of paper mache.
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Last week i had a great conversation with a friend i hadn't *talked* to in a long time. For some reason I just got the urge to call her, and to ask to pray with her. And after we prayed, i found my eyes welling up with tears, but happy tears. A different take on salt of the earth: tears, salty tears shed with someone because you *feel* their pain. Remember when Jesus feeds the five thousand? The book of Mark describes the scene as:

When Jesus landed and saw a large growd, he had compassion on them,
because they were like sheep wtihout a shepherd.

And then it struck me that what i was feeling was just a fraction of the love that Jesus feels for us everyday. He literally *FEELS* our pain with us, because that's what love really is.
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Some things on the brain lately:
- favourite music: United Live
- new experience: sun bathing
- movie i want to see: The Notebook
- new book: New Revelations: Conversations with God
- fetish of the week: cleaning, cleaning, and more cleaning.
- frustration of the week: walls we hide behind, foot in mouth disease, and insomnia
- new motif: "keeping it real"