Walking on Solid Ground

God...

Thank You...that I thought of You throughout today; that felt nice, like I was walking on solid ground. Thanks for another fit of laughter with co-workers. I felt very competent at work today, like I was taking care of business. And I knew You were with me in that. Thanks for the random lunch mate; it was nice to listen to him share his ideas about how to make our higher ed system better. I saw You in him, giving him Your perspective on life. Thanks for the friendship of the man running the grill; his extraordinary kindness to me enlivens my heart. Thanks most of all for your presence at the City Rescue Mission group tonight. You never cease to amaze me in how you can take four messed up, broken people like us, and somehow You are there with us. And we are made holy. I believed in You more deeply tonight than I ever have in my life.

Help me...to not worry what people think of me. There were a couple of people today who kept coming to my mind, and I keep thinking that I don't measure up in their sight. They probably haven't given me a moment's thought. Help me know what to do with those silly thoughts. Help me keep walking on solid ground.

Shane, I love you...YOU...I love YOU...EVERYTHING about you, I love...I love YOU!!!

I'm sorry...for being so rigid. I almost didn't sit with the man at lunch because I was going to look over the material for the mission group. I'm sorry my agendas and plans so often hold Your grace at bay.

Be with me...as I step out into new things, with new people.

Amen.