Well, I could go into what has been going on since my last post and why I am extremely lazy when it comes to blogging but, Mallory leaves for Africa in like a day and I promised her a post so a post she shall have. So, let's just get right into something worthwhile (other than facts like I beat Guitar Hero 2 on expert like three days after release...).

After sitting here lifeless, staring at the cursor blink on and off for 52 minutes, I have absolutely nothing cognitive of my own to say. I felt like I might be able to relate this vacancy of thought to the current state of my life. I had wanted to illustrate my life as a perpetual state of sleep and somehow work in Ephesians 5: 14 about the sleeper waking from the dead via the light of Christ, but nothing came. Then I thought I could possibly give some personal insight into my feelings, as I have been rather lonely since my re-arrival in Duncanville. This would have segued nicely into talking about girls which, in turn, would have lead into the topic of hope in God. This topic probably would have ended with the sentence, "the sun will rise tomorrow." I also though I might fall back on my favorite beaten-horse topic of spiritual fighting because, let's face it, I am not the model of constant spirituality and am always dealing with some battle of faith - be it doubt, complacency, et cetera (see any one of the previous posts for inspiration on fighting the 'good fight'). This would have involved a citation of Romans 8: 37 saying, "we are more than conquerors through him who loved us" and would have conjured visions of Spartans and gladiators and other various warriors. I could go on and on with topic ideas that hold no merit or actual substance.

Instead, through this myriad of topics I was reminded of a passage that sums up everything I am and that I need to hear and believe at this point in my life.

"When I saw him, I fell at his feet though dead. But he placed his right hand on me, saying, 'Do not be afraid; I am the first and the last, and the living one. I was dead, and see, I am alive forever and ever.'"
-Revelation 1: 17-18.

For Mallory: You are amazing and doing something I'm not sure I could ultimately go through. The very fact that you, and many others, are going to help is hope in itself for those children and for countless others. Do not be afraid, He is with you.