Lessons

Most of the time you just can't learn lessons unless you're in a specific state of mind to be receptive and receive the blessing God wants to give you.

You hear something or read something that you have heard hundreds of times before and suddenly you hear it again and BOOM! lightning strikes and your frame of mind changes.

I'm reading Blue like Jazz and I'm having that kind of experience, and it's been nice because I don't think I've had my paradigm shifted in awhile. It's not just the book, the book is one aspect of maybe about three or four that have accumulated to help me see myself through God's eyes for moments at a time and at other moments see how I could adjust and heal some old wounds in order to help me be a better friend and easier to live with.

I wish I could always be in that place but meanwhile I trust God (or try to trust Him) and keep putting one foot in front of the other.