hurry.

"the world went and got itself it a big damn hurry."

brooks, your right.

it isnt even thanksgiving and we are already putting christmas trees up in town squares and christmas sales. i thought it was proper christmas etiquette to give thanksgiving it's day, and then right after you can put up your christmas decorations. thanksgiving is being snuffed out of it's own day! month even!

and christmas will be there. it's always there. it is the mama jama of all the holidays and requires the most money, time, and efforts. of course it is the holiday in which we celebrate the birth of our dear Savior, but isnt that an event we celebrate all year long? in births of children, the recovery of a sick friend, a job when we have been without one, having a home and food to eat, amazing spouses, doors slamming shut, doors swinging open. in all things, are we being thankful for the One who saves us?

i fall short constantly. almost in some sort of sick schedule, and as the amazing dustin kensrue says "feels like the devil rents a room in my brain".

but God is merciful.

He sees and He forgives.

He is the same God to us as He was to Job and Peter. He is unchanging, and does not hurry Himself. He is patient and waits for us to come back to Him when we wonder away.

because we will wonder.

the worlds lights are shiny and words sway us like helpless birds in the sea.

but in those lights and in that sea, there He is.

waiting.

waiting.

patient. with no hurry and no schedule. no unrealistic expectations or hard feelings. He takes His time in all things.

it's beautiful to see, especially when it involves two certain friends of mine, who will remain nameless, (cough, cough, katie, cough, cough, truman) who have decided to spend the rest of their lives together. God saw it fit to bring these two together and I am lucky enough to be able to watch a portion of it.

His timing is a blessing.