cali

i returned last thursday from 6 days in los angeles. what a crazy time. it was nothing like i was expecting or even hoping; it was different. but it was also one of the most meaningful 6 days i can recall.

i went out there admittedly to see about a girl. pretty early on we both realized that it was not going to work, so we talked and that door is now closed. i would not have expected to immediately have peace about the situation, but i did. peace is a good thing.

i also spent time with my life group from 2 or 3 years ago. that was a trip. a lot of us were in the room together, and it was just like old times. some of them are married, some at different churches, and all of us in different phases of this life.

the biggest surprise of the trip was time spent with an old friend. years ago, there was chemistry between us like i have rarely experienced. she really pursued after Christ, but was a new Christian. i was going back to boston, and knew things could not work between us then. at some point thereafter, she left mosaic, and then the church altogether. she has been living her life just as she wants to, and has steadily climbed mountains of pain, only to find a new peak staring at her. that night i asked her, "all those years ago, can you tell me that you honestly never felt the presence of God?" she replied, "i would like to say that i never did, but that's not true." looking back, that whole night was surreal. i have done quite a bit of writing about it, but little of it coherant. spaghetti of emotions.

my boss wants me to stay at work next semester. asked what it would take to keep me there. so maybe i will go to school half time for 2 semesters.

Entry posted by byscuits on September 8, 2003 04:01 PM

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