My two handsome brothers both graduated (High School and Middle School) this past weekend. I can't believe how old they are getting (which just means I am getting old too! yikes!). Notice I left out how mature they are becoming, maybe one day I can add that part in :) What is fun is that the two group pics are with two 8th grade teachers that all 5 of us have had. Tim got the award of the "Last of the great (our last name) Dynasty!" Poor Tim, as he enters High school, that's only going to get worse "Oh, you must be another one."
My family is in for another summer of transitions. Stephen enters the NAVY, I move out, and we all move on with life. It will be good but to be honest transitions are never easy. Life is not easy, an overused cliche, but completely relevant. I have been thinking about that lately. This culture is in hot pursuit of the American dream. I love this song by one of my favorite bands, Switchfoot:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oi8CznEC3qw
The chorus is what gets me and is kind of what I want my summer 'theme' to be. I was all ready to plan out my summer how I wanted it to look like, to redeem it in a sense from last years summer. I was really challenged to not look at this as my time, my day, my week, my summer. How can I make others successful and spend my time learning and hanging out with God? I want 'my' summer to be opposite, to be God's summer that I get the chance to live out beside him. To transition well and move along God's path for those who want to live.
I want out of this machine
It doesn't feel like freedom
This ain't my American dream
I want to live and die for bigger things
I'm tired of fighting for just me
This ain't my American dream
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