something is blooming.

Last night I was blessed with a great conversation involving my great friend Rachel Jelneck, someone I've known since we committed our lives to taking leaps of faith for Jesus in Greywolf cabin at Timberwolf Lake.

This semester we would meet every Tuesday in the library and hear each other out. Now, Rachel is this mind blowing psychologist and knows how to read right though all my little Lauren Wojcik quirks and perks...and gets right to the heart of my matter.

The funny thing is that Rach knows how to ask the questions, and I know how to give the advice...and then Rach says, "Laur, why don't you follow your own advice?" And I say, "Rach, you stink." We laugh and then she says, "Seriously."

Okay Rach, seriously...I'm taking it.

These were three of the things we concluded after our conversation.

A. God brings people into our life at different seasons for different reasons. Playing catch-up with everyone is like playing tag with yourself; exhausting and manipulating the purpose God served in that relationship. It will be exactly what it needs to be because it is God.

B. I've got this little crush on the person God created me to be (only took 22 years!), and for the first time I have this tiny glimpse of how that could be combined another to be used to further the kingdom.

C. Phillipians 3:13, The word of God, "No, dear brothers and sisters, I have not achieved it, but I focus on this one thing: Forgetting the past and looking forward to what lies ahead, I press on to reach the end of the race and receive the heavenly prize for which God, through Christ Jesus, is calling us."

This leads me into my long blog post about having faith like a child which also ties into my most recent readings with Brenan Manning in The Ragamuffin Gospel.

I'll be posting the novel tonight while I am house/dog/hot tub sitting this week :]

Until then friends, may the peace and grace of our Father be with you today and always.