that all I really do is close my eyes and hope to keep holding on until I’m through. “Through what?” you may ask. Well, this is one of those phases that everything is happening at once. I think most everything we could have planned in our department, as well as the church as a whole, has been planned in these two weeks. We begin tomorrow night with our big outreach events for middle and high school (first time to have them both on the same night). Move on to Friday, when we will be attending Romance and Roses, a great “date night” event by our marriage and family ministry. Sunday through Tuesday is the Sacred Gathering - a call to fasting and prayer - for our church. Next Wednesday will kick off a new worship series for the students, and then next weekend we take our high school students on their spring retreat. I have tickets to shows at TPAC both weekends, and Tony and I will be starting our own small group for the first time. (Also throw in that it will be Tony and my first Valentine’s Day to figure out how to spend together as a married couple.) All of these things are things that I’ve been anxiously awaiting. They are all wonderful and I can’t wait to be a part of each one; however, a little bit of stress is coming with the collison of them happening all at once.

But, as I sit here at my desk (at work)… eating my third meal here today… I feel as if I’m going to make it. I don’t think I’ll have to close my eyes. I sure don’t want to miss the enjoyment and how God is going to move over the next several days. Galatians 6:9 yet again reminds me to keep doing good, for there will be a reward in the end. Colossians 3:23 and 1 Corinthians 10:31 tell me to work with all of my heart at whatever I do for GOD… I’m made for His purpose, His glory. So I’ll take a deep breath, shut down my computer, head to the YMCA for my 2 mile run, and then to the dance studio to teach my weekly classes.