Serendipity

I never knew a double birthday party for a 5 year old and her dad could be so refreshing.  Today we had a relaxing celebration with part of our "Houston family" as we like to call it.  I guess it is just nice to have people that you can just sit around and just be with.  It slows you down a little bit.  It reminds you of the bigger picture.  It's nice when you have moments like this where you are just able to truly be in the moment, but with a perspective of how that moment connects with so many others you've had and will have.  And then to look at all the faces of people in your life.  Sometimes people become just like furniture, background.  Then other times you get this sense of the souls behind those faces that are dancing in and out of your life because of a divine order. And when you really think about it, the serendipity behind every smile is overwhelming.  The word serendipity has such a pleasant connotation about it, reminding us of winding paths joining two people together in love or friendship, but we rarely think about it in the context of faith.  I think there is a tremendous amount of serendipity in the story of creation onward.  I guess the difference between serendipity and faith, however, is that the serendipity praises chance and faith praises God.

What a sweet sweet Sunday.  It's like I got a taste, a glimpse of the end of this Lenten season, the celebration of extravagant redemption in the resurrection!  Come Easter, come Jesus!