Reading Deuteronomy I can feel the tension of this last stop on the journey to the promised land. The journey has been long and arduous a whole generation has passed away. The path has been circuitous and fraught with mistakes. God though has been ever present beckoning and leading forward. Not on a journey to some physical spot on a map, but towards holiness. An ever developing journey.

Feeling this tension of Deuteronomy I made aware of my own spiritual journey. There are many things I have great anticipation towards and if I am not careful it quickly turns into anxiousness. Instead, though in these pages I am reminded that in the tension of anticipation God refines us into more and more holy creatures. May we all find ourselves on the threshold of anticipation waiting for God to reveal the next step.

My prayer this morning is for a group of friends beginning a month long pilgrimage. I pray they are able to rest in God and the anticipation of his action as they launch into their journey.

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If I were to spin around in my office chair there is no way to describe the randomness you would see. Game supplies, library, crafts supplies, old towels, nails, lumber, on and on. Of course the youth room is just as full of fun things.

After a little tidying at the end of a long semester I found students’ random questions for me. I had asked them a while a go to write any questions they had.

Clearly i meant spiritual questions. I got a few: “How is it decided who goes to heaven or hell?”, “When is God coming down to earth to see us?”, “What is your favorite Bible story?”, “Is it good to drink and smoke at a young age?”, “What do you do when people are being very rude?”

But not everyone was on the same page:
What is the diameter of mother earth?
What is your middle name?
How extensive is your extensive knowledge, oh wise one?
What is the most dangerous thing you have ever have done beside jumping off the bridge? (To my knowledge I have never jumped off a bridge or said i have)
Are you nervous and sweaty?
Have you ever killed a…….cat! (on accident)?
Where should I go to college?
Have you ever kissed a gorilla on the lips?

Oh teenagers never a dull moment!

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The semester is going to end with a huge bang. Two papers and Two finals to prepare for this month. Then one more semester to go by the end of the summer it will be over (fingers crossed).

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I have learned a lot about saturation this last year. I have never lived on a steep hill until now. when the rain comes on a hill you think about it forcefully flowing down off the hill. Apparently when there is a lot of rain it happens under the ground as well and ends up in your garage or makes little fountains along the  driveway.

All this to say this semester in  school has made me hit my saturation point. At first I was  drowning in the flood of classwork, church, bathroom renovation, camp, and life in general. Now a couple of months in saturation has become the new wholenessof my life. Somethings still must remain undone for lack of time. Yet at the center I am discovering a peace in Christ. I really like what I am finding.

Christ is the ultimate pressure release.

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