there will be a day

or the title of this could be:
a birth, a death, a new season

this entry is not so much of a blog entry, rather just a quick life update since some of you read this to know what's going on in my little life!

this week my friend Khadija had her 8th child-- this is the family that was miraculously saved from carbon monoxide poisoning back in Dec (read here). Praise GOD that her son was born healthy! i continue to pray that this family will know the life that is truly life, in Christ alone.

about an hour and half after Khadija called me to announce her son's birth, i learned that an old friend from growing up in Minnesota passed away. i later learned that he committed suicide. even though we had not talked since high school, that kind of news hits me like a punch to the stomach, it's a real and true tragedy. i just keep begging God to make himself known to all of those friends from my old neighborhood through this situation.

the past 2 days i keep hearing that Jeremy Camp song that says:

There will be a day with no more tears, no more pain, and no more fears

death is a really hard concept to deal with. it's not part of God's perfect design, it's a result of a fallen world.

There will be a day when the burdens of this place, will be no more, we'll see Jesus face to face
But until that day, we'll hold on to you always

to add to the spectrum of emotions this week, it was heavy on my heart that i needed to tell my boss this week that i am moving. i decided to tell her today, but ended up telling her yesterday when she & i took a little break to starbucks. i cannot tell you the last time i was so nervous- sweaty palms and heart racing like crazy! it went very well and she shed a few tears saying she was happy for me. i'm so thankful that God helped me to trust Him in telling her now.

and thus begins a new season. reality has officially set in that i am bidding farewell to Fort Fabulous in 3 months from this weekend.

until my next ramblings...