People have been asking, so here’s a brief little update:

I moved into my new apartment  a couple Saturdays ago (the 12th) and I’m loving it so far. That whole move-in weekend was something of a big deal; between walking along the Santa Monica Promenade, eating out, watching the movie 9, shopping for household stuff, and having a big ol BBQ with a bunch of coworkers, it was a grand way to celebrate my official move to LA. This weekend will be my last one serving at Calvary Chapel El Cajon and, while it’s not going to be easy to say goodbye (hey, it’s not like I’m dying or moving to another country or even another state), I think it’s a necessary step on the path ahead.

****Update****

I’ve got a few pictures up of the place. Keep in mind the decorating isn’t done, so it’s still a little plain. You can check it out here.

As a wee lad, nap time was by far my lest favorite time of the day and I didn’t really look forward to bath time a whole lot either. But now I greatly enjoy taking showers (you were worried weren’t you?) and though I’m still working on it, I cherish every opportunity to get enough sleep. Though I still love eating as much as ever, my tastes for food have changed significantly over the years and my palate has been greatly expanded from the simple preference for waffles, fish sticks, and chicken pot pie (not that I don’t still enjoy those once in a while). Looking back, I see a lot of changes in my life; decisions and events that led me to where I am now. Unquestionably, there’s a lot of things about me that remain the same, the things that make me who I am. Perhaps some of those things will never change. However, while I can’t honestly say every change in me has been beneficial (I’ve likely become jaded in some ways and, for example, hate glitter now more than ever), I think the majority of the changes have been towards the area of growth and not decline.

And now it looks like a lot of changes are either upon me or fast approaching. Changes in where I’m living, the church attend, work, all kinds of changes and with them comes all sorts of decisions to be made. “Change is good,” or so they say. While that isn’t always the case, I think that it might be true in these circumstances. It can be frightening, all those changes coming at once. And yet, overall, I really don’t feel afraid (that in itself is a big change), despite all the unknown factors. It’s a good place to be, realizing my uncertainty concerning the future while not letting it cause undue worry. I don’t expect things to get easier but I do believe, in one way or another, they’ll be better, or at least more how they should be.

C.S. Lewis wrote that in everything we do, we are transformed in one of two ways. We are either becoming creatures of heaven or creatures of hell. I pray that the steps I take are ones leading up the narrow heavenly path. There are lot of opportunities for growth up ahead and I feel like I’m in a place of preparedness to make the right decisions, the ones that will honor God. Knowing my fallible self, I can’t be certain of this, but I have a hope and a deep desire for it to be true. There are many roads before me, but, God willing, I’ll choose the one He has purposed for me to tread upon, the one less traveled by.