Happy 2nd Anniversary, Dry Tea!!

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Is it silly to be wishing my blog, on my blog, a happy 2nd Anniversary?

This is it though. It is now two years since I started this place (with these three posts: post #1, post #2, & post #3), and I'm still writing. (Albeit at a somewhat slower pace than at the beginning...)

I made a connection last night that I hadn't made before about this date, too. Today is also the birthday of one of my best friends. We've known each other for over 10 years now. We've even driven across the west together. (He was with me for the picture of the Grand Canyon that's in post #2.) He's only a few months old than me, and it is an especially significant birthday for him this year. The big "Three O".

He seemed a bit dejected last night as we watched it roll in. I can understand that. As we become older, each birthday stops being quite an achievement, and becomes instead a scary reminder. We're aware more and more each year that we are going to die. We can't outrun this life. It's one fate we all have in common: death. So, as we grow older, we stop wanting to celebrate our birthdays so much when we begin to realize that each birthday is a forced reminder that our time here on Earth is one year less. We don't even know how long it will be from the beginning either!!

Of course, as a Christian, the mindset can (and should be!) a little different. Instead of thinking about how much less life we have here, we can be thinking about how much closer we are to eternal life with Christ. Because of that, we can rejoice still on our birthdays. How awesome is that!?

Not everyone believes as Christians do though. To my knowledge, my friend doesn't. So, his birthday becomes a depressing reminder to him. I pray that this will change. And I know you can lift him up in your prayers, too. Especially on today, his 30th birthday. I know he doesn't read this, but, if he ever does, "Happy birthday, yo! We're prayin' for ya!"

In the meantime, Dry Tea is also having a birthday. It is now 2 years old. Who knows if it will ever reach 30? (If it does, won't that be crazy!?!) I hope that it brings hope, joy, and the message of God's good news to people in its time to come. If even one person were to read this site and come to know Christ better through it or, better yet, come to know Christ at all through it, then this time spent writing is totally worth it. We can pray for that, too.

Here's to year number three!

For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain. If I am to go on living in the body, this will mean fruitful labor for me. Yet what shall I choose? I do not know!

- Philippians 1:21-22