T-2 weeks and I'm off for a much needed vacation and T-one month until Kat's wedding! Life has been pretty good lately and I'm enjoying having a really good routine and pace of life. I moved to a new office as the remodel at my workplace has partially finished. On Saturday I went to the symphony alone and have never had a better time; also I've been spending an inordinate amount of time hanging out at coffee shops. The next month will be a busy one but I'm really looking forward to some exciting things happening. Also, I can't believe how incredibly blessed I am to have these babes in my life!
Last Sunday's youth sermon was truly convicting. And not just a "yeah, that was important" type of convicting, but really a "wow, I need to change my whole perspective and really hit the root issue here, truly repent and ask God to change my heart in this regard" type of convicting. The whole time I felt as though the sermon had been specially crafted for me- to really get me to analyze my own heart and realize how little I love the people that are truly my brothers and sisters. By nature I love to critique everything- I always thought it would be awesome to have a career where I get to criticize companies or stores and tell them what they are doing wrong. Unfortunately my sinful nature brings this into the way I deal with people. As I was listening to the sermon I realized that judging people was just my default setting. In my own head, to myself, I always concealed this as honest assessment or analyzing- instead of downright, sinful judging. When I would be c