The Gathering - City on a Hill

This is common in my life, throughout the entire day, ideas come in and through my mind that are of writable nature, and then by the time I sit here - blank.

Opportunities that dont usually come up in my life have recently. And I dont know what to think of them because: I think of these stories in my mind, where I make up certain instances and how they play out. A lot of times it will be hopeful situations, things I would love to see happen, but never would. Call it a clipboard of unrealistic ideals. Well, I wouldnt say never, because there are a lot of unrealistic things that have become reality. And by no means do I think God is boxed within our simplistic idea of "reality". Case in point, in comparison to the amount of idealistic jargon that goes through my mind - much of it never comes about. However, the possibility that Rocky could come for the summer has been brought to the fore-front of my mind, Hannah has dropped the proposition to drive out to school, and I am, in fact, going to Canada to trounce around in the woods, be pretty for a wedding and become aquainted with Mister Mans family. All that to say, because I think of these stories, I think about situations like this all the time, like a road trip with Hannah for example. But I exclude something that I might think of as a story in my mind from being realistic at all - possibly some kind of emotional self-protection. If my hopes dont rise, they dont fall either.

Furthermore, the realization of the rarity of our family has been sinking deeper into my pea sized intellect, and Im realizing, after twenty years, how incredible our situation is. Grandparents nurture and love five children, who nurture and love two children of their own, who all grow to love each other and grow together. When Aunt Rhonda died, it was really the first time we as a family experienced irregularity at all. And from all that, our family has only grown more. Life from Death. Im sorry, are you quoting a book? A Shakespearean sonnet perhaps? No - its much to clean and crisp for that.

Protection, Blessing, Provision...on and on and on...