I'm still here

and since it has been so long since I posted, I figured that I should write something so the few friends who read this blog will know that I am still very much alive.

I can't believe its only been about three weeks since I graduated and I am going stir crazy trying to find things to occupy my time. Of course there are numerous distractions that one could occupy ones time with but I am really trying to fill my time with things that are "thruthful, of good report, excellent" to just name a few from St. Paul's admonition in Phillipians 4:8. I wish I could say that I have done that, but more often than not I have found myself controlled by my base natures seeking of pleasure. Its been relegated to just time alone with me, but afterwards, the haunting feeling of 'you know you could have put that time to better use" creeps upon me to condemn. I know that there is no condemnation for those of us in Christ, but I do need to find some strike of balance in all of this.

The long awaited retreat is finally here and I will leave Sunday after church to travel to southeast Georgia to be on retreat through Thursday, then spend a day with the family of origin and then back to SC. I have a sneaking suspicion that my time there on retreat will be one in which the Lord picks up right where He left off the LAST time I was there ( and left early because I thought that God was finished with my time there AND because my base nature insisted on its way.) I've joked with some friends that in my minds eye, I can see myself pulling up the retreat house to be greeted by Jesus, iced tea in hand saying "Come on in and get settled, I'll be out here on the porch waiting on you so we can pick right up where we left of the last time you were here." Hope that does not sound sacrilegious, its just how I am feeling. Its all a good thing.

Another good thing is that I have met a very nice gentleman suitor. He lives in a larger city not too terribly far from me. We have begun dating and exploring what possibilities lie ahead. We both want to take very slow, deliberate steps. And so we will. I'm thankful that we are getting to know each other.

I will write more once I return from retreat. I promise.

Peace,
Aidan