A Year In Reflection

I sit here in the laundry mat, reflecting back over the last year. The last YEAR! I still am in disbelief that I’ve been back in Oklahoma for over a year! Thinking back over the events that have happened in those 13 months totally blows me away. Just the sheer volume of things that can happen in a year is astounding in itself. A year doesn’t sound like that much, it’s a single unit of time. But wow!! Getting a job, finding a total God send of an apartment, getting a second job, making friends, losing friends, finding an amazing church, making even more friends, losing even more friends, receiving a job offer in an area of work I NEVER expected to be working in, making it through the winter financially, starting that job I NEVER expected have, not to mention struggling through the everyday ups and downs associated with living and breathing….and being grown by God more and more through it all.

I stand pretty in awe of how God works. I’ve gone from nothing, to well, quite a bit actually. (Ok, not financially, but every other aspect of life) My faith community and friends are AMAZING. I cannot imagine my life without them. They push me and cause me to grow as a person. My character, theology, and the application of that theology have been pushed, stretched, and challenged in crazy ways. Ways I never saw coming.

Jobs? God totally provided my first job at the bike shop. It’s been really good overall. I love the guys I work with, have learned a ton more about cycling than I knew before (I know…some of you are shocked that there were things I didn’t know about bicycles), and have met even more amazing people that I can’t imagine not having in my life. Then God totally provided the second job at Hastings. Met more crazy awesome people, learned more about coffee than I ever expected to know, and have enjoyed the glimpse into the corporate world. Then most recently, I have had my world rocked upside-down by this certain duck company. Haha, so far….it’s been hard. But I think in the long run I’m gonna enjoy it. It too is already pushing, stretching, and growing me in crazy unexpected ways.

Whats the conclusion of my thoughts and reflections? God is good and life is crazy. Oh, and expect the unexpected. It may just happen.