wedding!

we shared at our college group tonight about indonesia
it was good to recap and remember

i talked about justification-which is becoming a new topic of great interest
i think we all crave it like we crave eternity
sometimes the craving is perverted
or maybe more selfish

regardless of the motivating factors of the desire, or our preferred outcome
i believe it always comes...
and that there are unknown rules to this game of life
god has ordained things
cause and effect are real
and he doesn't forget what he has said

so with the breath that whispers
~come quickly lord~
i will continue to ask
where is my justice?

^<1Then Jesus told his disciples a parable to show them that they should always pray and not give up. ²He said: "In a certain town there was a judge who neither feared God nor cared about men. ³And there was a widow in that town who kept coming to him with the plea, 'Grant me justice against my adversary.' ⁴"For some time he refused. But finally he said to himself, 'Even though I don't fear God or care about men, ⁵yet because this widow keeps bothering me, I will see that she gets justice, so that she won't eventually wear me out with her coming!' " ⁶And the Lord said, "Listen to what the unjust judge says. ⁷And will not God bring about justice for his chosen ones, who cry out to him day and night? Will he keep putting them off? ⁸I tell you, he will see that they get justice, and quickly. However, when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on the earth?">

sonny was talking about having his parents under one roof
and we started discussing the beauty of things being right
maybe 'right again' or maybe right for the first time
either way we are realizing that a something made right leads to a lot of other things being right
things you didn't even know were broken

this is an exciting time for sonny
and for me and for those involved in his life
in the lives of the mr. morris and miss dorothy

redemption and restoration bring deep, fresh, new freedom
we didn't even know the things that were bound

jackson

i have been to jackson and back!
i had a wooooonderful time meeting with my professors from college, seeing old friends, meeting countless new ones and celebrating a wedding that has been long over due!

i have lots of thoughts and insights to share. it will all just have to wait a few days until i can get back on track with routines and whatnot. hopefully there will be pictures by then too.

for now here's to rainy san antonio! hurray for the end of a drought plagued summer.

those days

it's been overcast for almost four days now
unheard of in sunny san antonio
i think we're all starting to feel a little depressed...

micah and i have completely moved into our new townhome
we started the process on thursday night by moving a bed, dresser and desk by ourselves into a dark apartment (i didn't know all we had to do was switch the breakers on...you live, you learn)
friday we didn't do anything as we had promised the manager we would only need to place the aforementioned bedroom furniture in the townhome because we really needed to get it out of the previous owner's home. cleaning (though quite disappointing) and light construction was completed that day by the apartment people.

saturday was the major moving day. we rented a uhaul truck and, armed with the help of some precious church family, we got it all done. couches, tables, 50lb. tv, endless boxes and all.
we even got the major stuff unpacked.

sunday i spent doing little things like figuring out how to best set up the kitchen, bathrooms, etc. the space, though bigger than our last apartment, is distributed quite differently. it's all a matter of figuring out how to use it best.

this morning we were finally completely tuckered out.
maybe it's been remnants of the jet lag but i haven't been able to sleep past 7:30. this morning i could have slept until tomorrow...

the day was greeted by unpleasant things like turning the kettle that i bought yesterday on to boil and completely forgetting about it until we were running around trying to find the source of the burning smell. bugs started crawling out from under the dishwasher (no exterminator until thursday...). we can't really find everything we need thanks to some leftover boxes and suite cases i moved yesterday from the place we have been staying (most of our "every day stuff"). laundry is piled high in the back of my car with no slot in my schedule to get it done at the laundry mat (hindering my attempt to pack for my trip). the bathtub has a small gash in the bottom (long story) and i found out this morning it will cost us quite a bit to fix it. luckily we are not responsible until we move out...but $110 is $110...topping it all off, i dropped an egg on the rug at my nanny job AND we've started trying to implement the cry-yourself-to-sleep technique (i don't recommend you start this after six months of life...it's miserable for everyone involved). sigh.

it's just one of those days.

tomorrow i head to jackson. i will spend time with my teachers and friends and with sonny and his family as we celebrate the sweet marriage of his parents, dorothy and morris, after nearly 20 years of divorce. i am so excited to be a part of the restoration of this family! what an awesome honor and privilege!

i think the sun is coming out a little.
i hope your week has started better than mine.
back to work.

cheese

suddenly you wake up and realize you are no longer waiting for life to begin

this is it

this is where you live
this is where you work
these are the streets you drive
and these are your people

during the course of this singular opportunity
dream ginormously
live infinitely more life than you thought possible
laugh a lot
give away your life at every opportunity
love boundlessly
do it all well

only ina would make biscuits with half and half
i miss cooking
can't wait for my kitchen next week.
quote of the day
"i never cook with anything i don't drink." -ina garten