Am I too young to be retrospective?
I decided to look back on my life at 3am and compare my 21st birthday with my 22nd birthday.
21st birthday entailed me going out with friends from work to a bar and getting utterly smashed.
22nd birthday entailed friends of faith having a surprise party for me where we are cake and then watched "Goldmember"
Depending on the person, you might choose one of these over the other. Interesting to say that right now in my life I choose what happened on my 22nd birthday over what I did on my 21st. On the other side of the coin, at 21 I would have not chosen what happened on my 22nd birthday.
My awesome friend Jessica bought me this spiffy messenger bag. When I have more time I'll post a picture. I added a caption to it and I will post that as well when it's not 3am. Craig, my room mate and best friend because of God, gave me the complete unabridged works of William Shakespeare (I've been meaning to brush up on my sonnets and ye olde english) and a journal with St. Francis's Prayer on it and then explaining to me "I got it because I realized that you praying this prayer would be redundant to how you already live you life." An interesting and humbling comment, and yet... so bizarre that he sees that in me already. God is so awesome sometimes. I still can't believe I found a friend like this in Oregon... not that every friend I've ever had was not important, but ... this is oddly different. I am meant to do something God wants and I know it's something greater than myself with Craig's help or helping Craig... or something...
God is making so many changes in me... I quit smoking, drinking, eating candy, drinking soda and now drink only water (4 weeks now... i do have the occasional chai though). I pray for discernment. I have an interview tomorrow... well today. I need to go to bed, but I'm having trouble sleeping because I'm nervous. I need to go to bed... errrg! Please pray for me in my interview... if God wants this to happen I am ready, but if not allow me to abide in God's will.
She signed my birthday card in an interesting way... i think she wants me to hold onto it for a while... or maybe I'm just reading into things...
May God Bless and Keep you all,
Paul Blanchard
21st birthday entailed me going out with friends from work to a bar and getting utterly smashed.
22nd birthday entailed friends of faith having a surprise party for me where we are cake and then watched "Goldmember"
Depending on the person, you might choose one of these over the other. Interesting to say that right now in my life I choose what happened on my 22nd birthday over what I did on my 21st. On the other side of the coin, at 21 I would have not chosen what happened on my 22nd birthday.
My awesome friend Jessica bought me this spiffy messenger bag. When I have more time I'll post a picture. I added a caption to it and I will post that as well when it's not 3am. Craig, my room mate and best friend because of God, gave me the complete unabridged works of William Shakespeare (I've been meaning to brush up on my sonnets and ye olde english) and a journal with St. Francis's Prayer on it and then explaining to me "I got it because I realized that you praying this prayer would be redundant to how you already live you life." An interesting and humbling comment, and yet... so bizarre that he sees that in me already. God is so awesome sometimes. I still can't believe I found a friend like this in Oregon... not that every friend I've ever had was not important, but ... this is oddly different. I am meant to do something God wants and I know it's something greater than myself with Craig's help or helping Craig... or something...
God is making so many changes in me... I quit smoking, drinking, eating candy, drinking soda and now drink only water (4 weeks now... i do have the occasional chai though). I pray for discernment. I have an interview tomorrow... well today. I need to go to bed, but I'm having trouble sleeping because I'm nervous. I need to go to bed... errrg! Please pray for me in my interview... if God wants this to happen I am ready, but if not allow me to abide in God's will.
She signed my birthday card in an interesting way... i think she wants me to hold onto it for a while... or maybe I'm just reading into things...
May God Bless and Keep you all,
Paul Blanchard