You may not know it now

This weekend was a weekend of discernment.  The weekend of Exploration 2013.  This event was for young adult United Methodist who are considering ordained ministry.  It was a great time to see so many of my friends.  I was even able to quote my favorite gospel rapper.  Before this weekend I had been intimidated by seminary because of the academic side, money and time.  But this weekend  I can say that the take away from this weekend was "An angel came and was like 'Breath life, you got this man." (That is from On Jordan's Stormy Banks, part II, from my favorite rapper, Praiz.  Not sure if that is the exact interpretation, but its the way I interpret it.)

Now lets move from one of my favorite genres of music to another, country.  Yes I do like them both.  I drove to do some shopping for a big event we are having on Wednesday, in my car I was listening to country music and I heard Trace Adkins singing "You're Gonna Miss This"  After I parked and was walking through the parking lot I continued the lyric in my head thinking, "You may not know it now, but you're gonna miss this, gonna wish these days hadn't gone by so fast."

I thought to myself am I really going to miss this?  Will I miss the virtual absence of fall, the lack of omnivores, the strange arrangement of traffic signals, and my room?  I thought about my count down till I visit home.  Then I thought, will I really wish these days that I can't wait to be done hadn't gone by so fast?

I guess I will, well I can't wait until I can hug my nephews Landen, Ethan and Owen again.  But I know that the day will come when my hand written letters are addressed to families in the Davis UMC congregation (Instead of Mexicoans), I know a day will come when Briaghia texts me to tell me that it took 8 adults to replace me when I left.  (At least I hope that I can do that for this Church.)

So one day I will wish that my days as a US-2 did not go by so fast, but for now, I can't wait until I can start seminary and finish seminary, and get ordained and give the world my gifts of service and love.