reducing clutter

i know you're supposed to do this in the spring and not the autumn, but i'm cleaning my office. it needed it. i'm a fairly organized person, so everything was in its place and easily accessible. but now a lot of the non-essentials are being put into storage. that creates more usable space.
while it may be 'only an office', it strikes me as an important place of ministry and fellowship. my office is almost always open for you to come in and 'sit a spell'.
there's still a lot of stuff lying around, but you can still stop by. maybe once it's clean i'll bring in cookies and get a latte machine. then we'd be able to have some real fellowship.

(and one slightly sarcastic remark--to BPR--at least i can clean my own office)

so proud of her

last night was kara's school choir's fall concert. she's in the women's chorale (or some gender specific name like that). anyway, they did a great job. you know i'm easily pleased but hardly impressed--i was impressed.

so, 'congrats" to all the girls and 'thanks' to mrs. milthaler for all her hard work.

(this is one of her senior pix in the 'official' sing at kings shirt.)

i just can't believe it.

i know i write about this a lot, but it just comes to me more and more every day: i am amazingly blessed! if you read my blog often, you know that in the past few weeks i've been somewhat overwhelmed by everything going on in life. plus i'm pretty sure that i'll be diagnosed with election fatigue.
but, despite all of that, or maybe because of all of that, i realize how blessed i am. please understand that i am in no way claiming an easy life, a stress-free existence or the like. but, my perspective to face the challenges that we all face is so much clearer because of the way that God is revealing Himself to me right now.
i know that times are coming when i won't be able to see Him or feel Him or even sense Him nor His presence. i know that with all assurance. but, my prayer continues to be that because of these times, those times will be easier to bear and deal with because of His track record (perfect in every way).

don't you love it when God uses you despite yourself?