Back in LA

I have spent the last year or so in Georgia going to school at Georgia Tech. I got involved with a lot of great groups and people out there. It has been interesting to finally come back to LA where I have gotten my first job at AMC. Living with my parents again has been a big change from being completely independent, 2500 miles away from my parents. I still have been doing my best to keep myself spiritually disciplined, although as far as sleeping patterns go I have been staying up way too late and sleeping in. Hopefully that will change as the Summer moves along. It has been great seeing all my friends, but sometimes I wonder if I will ever see them again. I actually wasn't even planning to come back here for such a long time. Originally I had planned on getting a Co-op position in Georgia or South Carolina, but those plans fell through no thanks to the economy. I do miss my friends both here in the west and in the east. Thankfully technology allows us to stay connected. About 11 months ago I started talking with an old friend, initially it was just me asking what her plans were for summer and eventually for college. As time went on we became great pen pals until today we are great friends and my two best friends and I went up to visit her and her family with them on a road trip. They live about 5 hours or so away. It was so weird to be around someone that you technically know but at the same time do not know at all. The only way we have ever been there for one another is through prayer and long distance communication whenever times were tough for either of us. Even though I feel like I have known her my entire life, we seem a lifetime apart. It is interesting to think that we were probably the first friends that we ever knew and know we are the newest friend in each other's life. It will be interesting trying to fill in those gaps, but I just don't know what God has planned. Proverbs 3 promises that God will make straight the paths of those who acknowledge God in all their ways and trust in Him. Those have been words to live by when I am surrounded by the challenges and pressures of becoming the best man I can be for my wife, my family, my ministry, my future. I honestly am just taking a step at a time, because to plan any further ahead just seems to be putting my trust in the things of this world which I know to be fallible more times than not. I don;t know what the perfect timing is, or what would have happened had things been different, all I know is what opportunities I have right now. I plan to follow and nothing more, God be my light and refuge and save me from the confusion.