Dad: Hey young woman.
Me:  Hey old man.
Dad:  Old?  I feel old today.
Me:  Yeah.  Me too.

There's been an idea in my head for a while.  Floating and flitting and hiding up there.  Some days it seemed like a good one.  And then other days made me want to shrink away and I got a little sad.  It's not an idea any more, it's a work in progress because one day I told a friend about it and when it came out in words it made sense to us both.

I am in constant danger of my world becoming small.  Because I naturally spend time with people who think like I do and I go to the same bank teller and park in the same parking spot and wear the same shoes with the same tops.  I think that's why I love the radio so much.  And new menus.  It's a way to push out of redundancy.

I do it with my God too.  I read the same passages, the same books.  Pray the same prayers, say the same cliches.  So I'm going to go back to those parts of Him that I don't think on often.  And this is how: A book a day for sixty-six days.  Because it hit me one day.  I've forgotten a lot of Jesus' words.  I've simply forgotten Jesus.  And those stories that I grew up with- they've all blended together and lost their meaning.  I started with Ruth and fell head-over-heels in love.   And then I spent an evening with Luke and Jesus and sparks flew.  I underlined like mad in Ecclesiastes and today I had a coffee with Samuel and when I got to Hannah's prayer, the music playing over the speakers and her words made me want to jump up and spin.

It's an adjustment.  Reading about the men and women of God.

I know some books will be hard.  The pages of Psalms are filled with the times I struggled most in life.  And Acts makes me miss my church.  I identify too closely with Eve.   When I read John all I want is to be home with the Lord.

I think I was waiting for the right time.  For when I really really felt like I needed it.  Here's the truth though: timing is overrated and so are feelings.  The truth is in His pages.  And the truth sets us free.  I'm ready to be free.

I am ready to be like Ruth.  Loyal.  Even to a bitter woman.  Humble in the way she lived.  Bold with a man.  And known through out the area for being noble.  Yes.  It's an adjustment.