Dry Skin and Mexican food

I just got back from a week long trip to visit family in Colorado. It was a great time. I got to eat at all my favorite places, Carne Asada from 3 Margaritas, Vietnamese egg rolls and beef and mushrooms at An Nam and Carna Asada Nachos from Albertacos. Of course the best part was my mother in laws pork and green chili and enchiladas.

I finished a book I was reading called Emotionally Healthy Spirituality by Pete Scazzero and started a second book called A whole new mind by Daniel Pink. If you have not read Pinks book put it on your reading list immediately.

I spent some time with great friends and visited the church I used to Pastor, Restoration Church. If you live in the Colorado Springs area you need to check out this church, some cool things are happening there.

People ask me if I ever miss Colorado. The answer is yes...and no. I miss the mountains and snowboarding. I miss my family and friends but that's about it. I don't miss how dry it is there, my skin felt like it was cracking the whole time. I also don't miss how brown Colorado Springs is most of the year. I prefer the lush green of the Midwest. But what is more important is walking in destiny and purpose. I really believe that I was destined to come to Wisconsin at this time. I don't mean that in an arrogant way, I just feel like it is part of Gods plan for my life. I do believe in God ordained destiny and I also believe we can walk in it or reject it (more on that later, this is not a theological post). Knowing that I love the memories that I have from the past, I am excited about the future but I am trying very hard to live in the present. As Master Uguay said from Kung Fu Panda, "Yesterday is history, tomorrow's a mystery; but today is a gift! That is why it is called the present As CS Lewis said in the book, The Great Divorce, "This moment contains all moments".