Fluid Motion

With another year, it's easy to see how fast life passes by. While we may mark time in numbers so we can better manage it, it's really just a fluid motion that is impossible to stop and hard to remember. Most memories seem to be lost or stolen by time itself. And for the rare few that are kept and imprinted on the mind, I am so grateful. Whether good or bad, memories serve as a remembrance that life will continue it's motion onward.

The number mark 2008 just helps us to trap those memories in a specific location. For me, it is a location that will be easily remembered my entire life. I experienced one day of complete joy with friends and family that marked the beginning of a new life with Callie. I met new lives that have no limit to potential when Ava and Lucas entered this world. At the same time I saw the exiting from this world when my Grandpa passed away. Then there are the smaller memories that slowly shape who we are and how we act. A honeymoon well spent, a weekend full of laughter, and a week in the hospital with a swollen pancreas. And how can I ever forget the election of Barack Obama to be the next president of the United States and the continued advancement of civil rights at that moment? What a sweet memory for humanity.

Some of those times are so strong and written so deeply in my mind they will feel like they happened "yesterday", 10 years from now. Heck, I feel like the Bears just won the super bowl, but that was 24 years ago now! Just the other night I was walking with Callie on Navy Pier and her spirit was captured in both her movement and beauty to form a memory in my mind that I am capable of carrying forever.

All I can really say is that I look forward to the upcoming moments. I look forward to seeing those glimpses of God's Kingdom displayed here on earth for people to enjoy. Those moments are so sweet they keep carrying us through the fluid motion of time.

A day in the sun always makes a beer in the hand that much better.