It's Already Been Brought'n!

Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord rises upon you. Isaiah 60:1

So, this has been a strange month for me. My grandfather died and funerals always make me re-evaluate my own life. Then my brother and his wife had a baby, the first grandbaby of the brood, and new life always makes me reflect inwardly. And smack dab between both bookend events, I helped chaperone a ski trip with the high school kids at church. Nothing like an out of control snowboarder almost rocketing you off an icy cliff to make you stop and think.

So anyway, I think God's been reading my blog. Or perhaps it's the whole omniscience thing. Either way, God seems to know what I've been thinking. Because if you've read my recent blog Chica Fuerte, you know I've been a big chicken when it comes to letting go and trusting in God's will for my life. Sure, I've committed myself to God, but I still hold back certain parts of my life from Him, the parts that scare me to give up.

Anyway, I am not sure if it was the funeral, or the baby, or something that happened during my mountaintop flirtations with death - I can't remember the specific moment that sparked the confidence - but walking back to the dorms at that camp, under a beautiful blue sky with just a few puffy white clouds, I very much recall smiling and telling God to BRING. IT. ON.

Seriously. For real. Several times. Outloud!

I imagine God is cracking his knuckles like a pianist warming up.

I am excited.