Finally...

I have really struggled with what to put here as my first blog...I guess no one wants to tell all their business to the entire world and sound like an idiot, so if this does, well, too bad :)


I am home (Praise God) on leave from the Big Sandbox, and I must admit, it hasnt been anything like I expected. I hadnt truly realized how much I have changed over the past six months since I've been gone, and truthfully, expected that someone hit the "pause" button on life and people back home, knowing all the time that that is impossible. So this also being the holidays, there has been alot of lonliness for me, even surrounded by friends and family, probably from knowing that I'm leaving here in a short time to return to my "condo on the beach without water". But there have been two truths that have come to my mind from the Word of God. The first was given to me by my friend Jenn, in an email, and that is 1 Corinthians 8:3, which says, "If anyone loves God, he is known by God", and the second is Romans 9:25-26, in which Jesus says, "I will call those who are not loved, "Beloved", and in the place where it was said to them, "You are NOT my people", there they will be called, "Sons of the Living God".

As I've been here, enjoying the time that I've had with my family and friends, and trusting God in the heartache, He's been faithful to remind me that I am HIS. He loves me, even when I dont even LIKE me, and I'm His Son. No matter what.