Some things I have learned:

• Relationships are the only things that matter.
• When they are intentionally redemptive we are about God’s work.
• Ask God each day for a sign that He is there.
• Then watch closely and be willing to accept it.
• If you want to be happy, be thankful.
• If you want to make others happy, affirm them.
• When I think I’m in control, I’m really not.
• When things seem out of control, God is in control.
• When you love people, you will feel pain.
• God loved us, and was willing to experience that pain.
• God is always greater than we had previously thought.
• God’s goodness comes as a gift.
• Open hearts and empty hands allow us to receive from God.
• Grace is His funds that we get to invest.

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Amanda's Birthday Poem!

After the CAVE

Every step I've taken,
every hill I've climbed,
every time I stumbled,
each way I pursued,
seeking truth and life
All the views I've studied,
and every perspective gained,
through the valleys I trudged
to the summits I reached,
Swamps I almost got stuck in,
sloughs of despond that threatened to hold me
every painful path, broken dream, false summit,
perplexing fork in the road,
and times when there was not a trail to follow,
only a scramble through the Brush,
every winding of the Road,
peaceful wayside rest, treacherous ascent,
have ALL led me to the Place
where I am Right Now,
and IT IS GOOD!
It is well with my soul.

- MNL 11/13/2015

Just Checking In

I should have known.  Anything that claims it will teach you in "one easy lesson" won't be that easy.  At least not for me.
There were two handy dandy tutorials for setting up a blogsite.  One said "in only twenty minutes" and the other "in less than eight minutes."
Well, here I am, after investing about a half hour last night, and then over an hour this morning.  I guess that's not too bad.
I hope to be here every morning.  You don't need to get up as early as me.  I hope to share a few ideas with you as my body wakes up and my mind catches up.  C.S. Lewis was once described as "A Mind Awake."  That's something I aspire to.  This blog will be an attempt to connect with other awake minds, or perhaps those who, like me, are just waking up.
With respect to setting up a site, I've heard it said that "the worthwhile things are seldom easy, and the easy things are seldom worthwhile!"  I guess that's true of blogging too.

*Check out my new Blog on Wordpress: "Matt Lundquist - Waking Up my Mind"