Well, it has been more than a month. I don't know if anyone still reads this, but I thought I'd write a new post just in case. The beginning of 2012 hasn't been wonderful, to be honest. A friend of mine-one of the first people to befriend me when I started going to LBC in 2002-finished her battle with cancer on the 10th of this month. She was only 23 years old. I am confident of this: that right now she is in the presence of the One who made her, who saved her, who, indeed, healed her of her suffering. She is living, now, in a world where things are as they were meant to be, and I am looking forward to meeting with her there. Her presence is deeply missed here, though. Please pray for her dear family.

Other than this sad news-what's new? ... I can never think of an answer to this question when I'm asked... I'm learning to play the mandolin, that's new. I've been trying to eat mostly raw food, because that's what my body's been craving. I'm still reading through the Bible chronologically. God is still faithful :-)

Something I've been thinking about lately is how wrapped up we are in "the next step" of our lives. Many of us seem to think there is, or should be, something above and beyond what we are currently doing. People have inquired of me "So, you've been done with college for a few years now, what's next?" And that question sort of haunted me, because I also felt that there should be something next, a new job, getting my masters, going on a long term mission trip...I've even experienced disappointment (myself, and in the faces of others) that this next big thing hasn't happened yet. We become dissatisfied with the "status quo," and at least I, make the assumption that this discontent is because there is something new and better on the horizon, or because some change needs to be made (change of location, change in company, change in career). We always seem to be more interested in what's next.

And that sort of change is awesome, in God's time, for His glory. I may write more on this later-but just a few questions to consider: What if we're wrong in this vein of thinking? What if the things that have become monotonous and boring are like manna, and what if we are the Hebrews begging for meat?