emotional toe touches

it's not so much that i mind toe touches as a form of exercise, but the up-down-up-down-up-down-up-down (yes, sometimes i'm so tired that by the end i just stay down) is annoying.
and so this week, we found our emotional being to be doing toe touches:  up-down-up-down...you get the picture.

...plus, i can't talk about it all just yet...which really stinks because that'd be a great release.

so what can i type here thats revealing without being too revealing?

well, let me deal with the upper story here instead of the lower.  and in case you're unfamiliar with the concept of upper and lower story, take a quick lesson from the Hobbit.  a great movie and an even greater book.  in it, as with much great literature, there are lower stories.  you could call these "episodes".

• there's that one part where Bilbo goes...
• remember when they're all stuck...
• and then, just before the end, when there's that...

each of these are like little stories on their own.  and yet they actually point to the greater story (the one ring to rule them all).

so it is with us:  this particular thing that's been so up-down-up-down is really just a lower story in our lives.  but it's causing us to see an upper story, a theme running throughout.  because of these pericope of life, we are seeing God more clearly.

• we are seeing the prayers are multitudes of saints on our behalf being recognized in a single event.  some prayers that are 25+ years old
• we are seeing God as faithful, patient and kind--attributes we crave and will need in abundance in the coming weeks.
• we are seeing opportunity to share our faith in a remarkable way.
• we are seeing human beings, sacrificing greatly for the better good, which restores some of our faith in God's hand working through the lives of those who love him.

soon this story will have a name and a face.  until then, Lord, we rest in Your promises and ask for your peace & patience to come over us all.