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I've been so blown away these past two weeks. I really went hard after God at OneDay and begged Him to release me from some of my idols and bondage that I had been clinging to for so long. And lo and behold, He frees me up and opens my eyes to the futility of clinging to a dead paradigm, for that is what my old life is. I've had the most refreshing two or three weeks that I've had in a long time. Without all of my idols blurring my vision and the bondage weighing me down, I've been able to think and act clearly. And God, for some reason, and I don't know why since I had been so warped in my actions lately, has just continued to bless me. I know it sounds cliche, but He's given me so much perspective which is what I begged for heading into OneDay and while I was there. Coming out of the past couple of months, where I felt like I had so little to be happy about, I've entered into a season where I realize that I do have tons to be thankful for. I have good health (besides my clogged arteries from bacon), a great car, a nice apartment, P-I-M-P clothes, Louis Armstrong cds, insightful books, the best friends, a rock-solid body, a supporting family, a superb job, and a huge loving God who keeps giving and realligning my perspective. I don't know how I could not ever be thankful for that, but somehow I slipped into a funk that I created and stayed in, so as to dull my senses. Thus becoming a vicious cycle. But its very freeing to be enfolded by such a gracious God. To walk into such open fields where the visibility is near perfect. And on top of all of that, I'm getting to reknow an old friend who is beyond what I ever expected. Nothing but smiles on my face and thanks in my heart for being given so much when I deserve so little.