A Brief Synopsis of a Day

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Yesterday was a pretty busy day. It was so busy that, even though I had stuff I could/should write about on here, I didn't have time to do it. Even more startling: I missed 63 for the first time (I believe) this year!!!

Of course, I still don't have much time to write about all of it here. But, I will try to share a brief list of yesterday's more (or less! lol) notable events with you:

• My Musankisha and I called her sister last night. This is actually the last person of her immediate family that I have been introduced to, and also the only one that speaks english so well that we could all have a long conversation. It was totally krass, but in a good way. My Musankisha cares so much about her sister. I think this was important to her. This is also why I missed 63. It was a pretty good reason, right?!
• I went to the Dentist. (fun? or not fun.)
• I finally found Texas Postcards!! Yes, I actually have been looking for these...
• I bought some new shorts. If you know me, you know tha seeing me in shorts has been rather rare over the last few years. I just haven't had any to wear...
• I got to work early. (also rare)

Ok, so, maybe not too impressive of a list. I think that first item was the really big event of yesterday. I would love to write more about it, but it was more of a personal nature. So, I'm not going to just share the details of it here.

I want to say this though (as I sit here thinking about all the things some of my friends say so often): I really love my Musankisha. It's kind of weird sometimes for our families and, moreso, friends to really take us seriously. This is especially true with non-believers. In fact, I am not aware of many believers (any?) who have told me to "watch out!" or "beware!" or "Take your time!" Our entire relationship is based on trusting Christ, and how can a non-believer easily accept that? A believer, in the meantime, tends to understand the power and trustworthiness of Jesus. The non-believer always says, "Oh, I accept your choices." But, what they're really saying is, "You guys are so full of crap! You can do what you want, but you'll have to prove it's validity to me in some way that doesn't involve God before I can really enjoy it with you."

I can understand that attitude. I used to be skeptical of these kind of things, even though I was a believer. I didn't really comprehend (and I still don't as fully as I would like to) the fullness of Christ's grace, and the way that the Father loves to give abundantly to us, His children. I always knew of it, but it was always as if it was something that affected other people and not me. He is really teaching me the amazingly real truth of it every day. Especially so with my Musankisha. The joy and delight that I am finding in her causes me to praise the Lord for her every day, every single time I pray.

This is a pretty early in the morning blog entry, and I'm about to go have my morning prayer time before I go to work. I'm unable to share it with my Musankisha this morning though because she has to be at work (unexpectedly). We've been sharing this morning time together lately, and it has been awesome. Just spending a short while each day, reading through a chapter of the bible (we are in 2 Chronicles and talking about Hezekiah right now) together, and discussing what parts stick out to us is so cool to me. I have never felt this close to another human being before, and, I believe, there will never be another either. Well, maybe with my (our?) children someday...I hope...

I would like to impart this experience of these times as a word of advice, if I may. If you are a Christian couple, and you are serious, do this and do it diligently!!! spending that time together talking about the Lord, and praying together will totally ground your relationship in Christ. There is no more trustworthy foundation for anything, and I think it would be silly not to do it. Heck, you could do this even if you are only in a more casual relationship. I can't really imagine why any Christian couple would not do this in fact. Maybe it's just me saying that though...

~ Love to you all!

"Vacation is what you take when you can't take what you've been taking any longer."

- Cowardly Lion (Wizard of Oz)