30 minutes and 7 days

I have a few moments to waste before heading out to catch a bus, so I figured I'd post something.

My brother and sister-in-law (Drew and Vanessa) arrive in Seattle this morning. Unfortunately for me, I have to work all day. I'm really looking forward to eating dinner with them tonight. I especially can't wait for them to meet Adrian.

I'm feeling totally spoiled today. I got to Adrian's last night and the apartment is all dark. He had set up candles in the room and bought me flowers. Apparently, I made a really good face when I saw everything. He was hiding in the closet so he got to see my reaction without me knowing he was there. When he came out of the closet, (sorry, I had to say it) he gave me a calf massage (because I turned down the footrub). I'd mention how he made me breakfast in bed, but that would imply that I slept over... oops, too late. I guess now I can admit that he packed me a lunch too.

Ok, enough of that... I think lately me blog has just been how crazy I am about Adrian. I swear there is more going on in my life besides him (even if it isn't much).

I've been taking this class at my church that's intended for new members. My pastor, Jami taught it. I'm totally intrigued by Jami because he meets no stereotype of a pastor. I mean, seriously, the guy has a long ponytail and rides a motorcycle (once he even met me for coffee wearing leather pants). He's an amazingly deep thinker and I respect his perspective on God and faith. He's also the only pastor who ever made me look forward to a sermon.

Last night was our last class and he had some thoughts that totally blew my mind. We were talking about creation and Jami mentioned how there is a tendency to think of creation as this one time even long ago. He pointed out that a huge part of creation is actually sustaining the creation. In other words, if God created the world, he's also responsible for sustaining it, thus creation is not a one time event but a continual process. It makes me appreciate the earth and my life and every moment all that much more when I realize it could not exist without God creating it for me continually. It makes God seem a lot closer and more involved than the God I had previously imagined creating the world and just sitting back to watch it unfold.

So yeah, that has the potential to really change my perspective on life. Maybe not in a huge way, but I think it changes things some. Ok, time to catch me a bus. My 30 minutes are about up.