thinking things about life and Jesus and stuff
[Day 1 of 7in7 turned out to be a different kind of day 1. Day 1 of a different world. Day 1 in a world without a dear friend.
Thank you for all the prayers and love.
God is good and glorious.
I will write when I am able. I honestly do not know when that will be.
In the mean time, if anyone wants to guest post for me, just shoot me an email. 
Seems appropriate to share an excerpt from this post.]
It’s time for…7in7!!
For the past several years, a group of musicians have spent a week every so often challenging one another to write seven songs in seven days.
Last year, we thought it might be fun to get a group of writers together and try the same thing.
It was awesome. I learned so much, and I loved getting to see all the different kinds and styles and passions of writers out there.
This year…JOIN US!
We’ve formalized things a tad, so now writing is an official part of 7in7. Check this out:
I’m ready to greet December. It really is the most wonderful time of the year.
Start it off by catching up on any of the top ten posts you missed this month:
1.) 7 questions to help you spot concealed covetousness
2.) 10 reasons I’m thankful for my friends.
3.) How to fight idolatry of good things (pt 1)
4.) 2 lessons in gospel-centered leadership I learned from working in the world
5.) 4 ways to tell if you’re a woman who fears the Lord
6.) Now is the time
I get that every day should be a ‘Thanksgiving Day’, but I like having a day set apart.
Thanksgiving interrupts my rhythms and reminds me to think about the discipline of thankfulness. Check out this Nouwen quote:
“I always thought of gratitude as a spontaneous response to the awareness of gifts received, but now I realize that gratitude can also be lived as discipline. The discipline of gratitude is the explicit effort acknowledge that all I am and have is given to me as a gift of love, a gift to be celebrated with you.”
Guys. God has been going to town on me the last few weeks.
He’s been opening my eyes to see all the concealed covetousness in my heart: things that I treasure more than I treasure God.
He’s been teaching me that while much of what I desire is good and great, I have to make sure I’m not being led by deceitful desires. He’s been walking alongside of me and showing me – in His Spirit- what it looks like to fight to love Him so much that all the feelings I have for His stuff looks like hate in comparison.