And now it's time for

your monthly (yearly?) sermon, ala The Rach.

Ok, no sermons for real. Just a smattering of my heart-experience over the last few weeks, and the things I've learned. I don't tend to grow slowly over time, but rather in large amounts over a few weeks or months... It's been a heckuva few weeks, so here we go.

I like stuff. I REALLY like stuff. I like to collect stuff, look at it, think about it, talk about it... I loooooooove stuff. Which brings me to point numero uno.
The biggest thing that I have learned that stuff is... just stuff. And along the same lines, houses are just a big box to hold my stuff. Who cares in the long run. The earth is going to burn anyway. (To quote Gwen.) This sounds flippant, I know. But seriously, the only eternal thing is God and people, so why waste so much of my emotional energy worried about my stuff, and the aquisition thereof? There were many details of my future/current investments that I was sooooo worried about! And then things start heading south... Then I worried more. And Jeff reminded me on Sunday evening whom God considers truly rich... Guess what? God isn't impressed by stuff. I came to a place of true contentment with whatever happened. And of course, in true God fashion, two days later everything started falling into place beautifully. And you know what? It probably would have still fallen in place had I not come to this realization. But I can honestly say, it wouldn't mean nearly as much, and I would never have been this grateful. I've been humbled, and I've been reminded that everything is a gift from God, and no matter how proud I am of "my" accomplishments... They're not mine. God has given me a beautiful life, and the learning opportunities to do things that a lot of people wouldn't be able to do... I'm so so lucky. But it ALL came from God. The good jobs, the opportunities, the knowledge, even the next breath. God please always let us remember that, and if we don't, take it all. It's all yours, because nothing is worth not having a relationship with you.


All right... the end.

Becky, call me for lunch. I'm in Tuesday and Wednesday now.

This is The Rach, over and out.

I have succeeded!

I get my white carpet. =)

Now I'm just praying the financing doesn't fall apart! You can pray too, it'd be much appreciated! Ah, stupid banking/mortgage industry! You've gone and ruined it for everyone! I'm cool so far, but I'm definitely nervous, our construction company has had three sales in a row fall through on the day of closing... financing pulled last minute. It's scary!

Que cera cera.