What its all about,In case you forgot...

I just read this great thing on female brains –Ryan’s site- and it inspired me to write, must have been a chemical reaction from laughter. No really, its good stuff.
Today I’m just happy to be alive, not that I think I’m dying or anything, it’s just, life is a gift, I love it!
I have this theory, uhuh, another one, that if every time we felt we couldn’t give something up for God (as in something He wants us to give up) we should promptly pry our fingers loose and let go. I’ve done this some but not as much as I want too. I love what it does for me, to give something up for God cause you know, it’s not like it really benefits Him at all. He asks of us for our benefit. It’s this free feeling of one less THING tying you to this broken earth. Money is a thing. Music is a thing. Movies are things. I think a little bit of radical is good.
Yesterday was a super good day. I went to town and met Dawn for lunch at Copper River. We had these amazing salads that were more bacon and dressing then lettuce, and no, I didn’t worry about calories. It was salad. :) We had ourselves a wonderfully girly conversation, which covers a multitude of topics. We also talked about how the world is ending as we ate our brownies. I’m prying my fingers loose and learning to let God do as He wills on His earth, because He is God.
Then I went to the library and peacefully absorbed myself in a bridal magazine. I was looking at this year’s selection of a “modern bride”. She had a splitting hair-poof and blah dress. I do not want to be a modern bride. I was staring at her picture in fascination when suddenly, there was Teen. So for the next hour or two I sat in a public library and talked about life with my friend. We discussed many things, of course, in whispers, because the little man sitting close by had a perpetual grin on his face. We talked about why we think girls break up in dating relationships. Sometimes it makes sense. Other times it doesn’t and we think we may have an idea as to why. It’s all about prying your fingers away and letting go of self.
Last night I had a wonderful talk with my best friend, Adrian, and that had to be the bestest part of my day. I won’t tell you what all we talked about because best friends don’t tell secrets. :)

And again, I wonder if I’ll ever be able to pry my fingers loose from life and just live. Jesus never gave up on people. He never pried himself from their grasp. He never ran from their intrusive presence. He never once stopped to slowly peel a hand from his arm, never once looked someone in the face and requested space in his personal box, for pity sakes please! He never let go of Relationship.
Copper River, the library, my phone, that’s not what made yesterday super. They are things. It’s the people, it’s always the people who make life.
Learn Relationship, it’s a gift, it’s life, cling to it, then give it away.
~ Sonya