Life is hard

And by life, I mean work. Work is hard. Not necessarily the work that I'm doing, but rather the people that I'm working for and with.

Never in my employment life have I had as much tension in my work than I do right now. It has been a fantastic opportunity to practice grace. But it has also been tremendously trying. I don't much care for having people breathing down my neck. I like my personal space. Please do not breathe down my back.

This "trial" will not last forever. But while I forge through it, I am conscious of the opportunity that I have to least a lasting impression upon the people I work with. The impression of grace under pressure, and of love. I am confident that my God will give me the strength to see this through. And I rejoice in the fact that I WILL continue to see the goodness of the Lord.

WooHoo!*

*Is it weird to give a "woohoo" at the end of a confession like this?

Table for One

Here's the view I had while I ate dinner tonight.


It's no NYC skyline, but it works.

So many thoughts....

It's been a few days and I've had some things come to mind that I've been wanting to right about. However, I don't expect to address all of them here.

Today was Sanctity of Life Sunday (I think that's the "technical" name). For those of you who may not be Christ-followers, it's a day where the Church celebrates the Sanctity of Human Life. We reinterate the facts that life begins at conception and that every life is valued by God.

Pastor Phil this morning spoke on Psalm 139 and mentioned the verses which say that He knit us in our mother's wombs (vs. 13), and how He saw our unformed bodies (vs. 16). As I was thinking about that, my mind wandered to the historical significance of this week. How the President-Elect is not certain when life begins. And the uncertainty that trickles down from there.

You see, I have a theory. And I haven't defined it completely, but it has to do with the role that your view on human life defines the rest of your actions. If you don't view life as sacred, you won't treat people like they're sacred. I think my theory still needs a lot of refining, but hopefully you get where I'm coming from.

Lots of people like to talk about how the incoming administration will reverse some of the progress that has made in efforts over the past eight years to curtail abortions. And that may be true, but I'm more concerned about what this mindset means for other aspects of life.

Please keep on praying.