calm

On Sunday, Marlys asked me how things were going with school, and whether this semester is as crazy as last.

And I realized that I'm finally starting to feel calm again, maybe for the first time since I took my license off the wall of my office and relegated 950+ mint-condition business cards to dust-gathering in the Realm of the Obsolete.

The teacher/professor/student/lawyer thing is finally starting to make sense together, so that it actually looks like there's been a purpose and direction to the last three years.

I haven't learned Latin and I still can't whistle (the first two goals I made after law school), and I never have finished Desiring God, but I did cross a lot of things off my list of Stuff I Said I Was Going to Do When I Left Jeff's.

And I lot of better things I wouldn't even have known to include on a list have come along in the meantime.

The interesting thing about all this is that I know that a few people have been praying specifically for me to have a sense of purpose and direction. My Father is answering those prayers.

This is an amazing kindness.