The i5

Today was a long day.
Yet somehow, i cant sleep.
So much runs through my head as i am sitting in my room in the dark.
My computer screen is killing my eyes and whenever i blink my eyeballs sting and beg me to go to bed.

Today i woke up in my bed at home.
I could hear my sister asking what time church was and i had a mini heart attack thinking we had missed a very important day.
As we all ran to the car, late- par for the molchan family, my stomach was turning.
I couldn't wait any longer.
I was anxious, excited and just happy to see them.
See,there is a family who has changed my life.
I'm not sure if they know that, but they have.
Today i got to be there while 3 of the four of them got baptized. (Mike, sorry- i must have missed yours).

Baptism is one of the most beautiful pictures here on Earth.
Dry, untouched by the water we call Grace we fully submerge ourselves and with ever drop that skates over our skin we die with Christ to live again- covered in His ever present mercy and grace.
It is such a beatiful picture. Not only does it demonstrate what happens to us when we decide to let God take the wheel of our lives, but it also is a snapshot, for others, of our lives.

Testimonies.
They are the resume of the "Christian" culture.
Well, in my case its more of a rap sheet and then the story of the officer on my last warning who wrote me off anyways, even though i was going 90 in a 65. (Not that that would ever happen)
Today i got to hear 3 amazing, sweet and convicting testimonies.
A lot of times in church, we claim to know each other, we get prayer-chain updates and see each other at youth group or camp, but do we ever really get a chance to peer into someones soul like we do when we hear their testimony?

The baptisms were beatituful.
7 people got baptized today but 3 of them were closest to my heart.
You can bet i wore waterproof make up today, in preparation.
The people that got baptized today mean more to me than i can ever express.
As they began to share their testimonies i took my seat at the window of their souls and just started absornbing them.
Just who they are. and Who they are in. 
They care for me, they love me, they put up with me.
They ask about my life even when their lives are 20x buisier than mine.
I know that they are praying for me, and wishing me the best all the time.
They are true.
They are real.
They are love. 
 Today was a long day.
I'm falling asleep in my dorm room tonight.
Biology notes scattered around, my interview outfit hanging and the my bags freshly unpacked.
Today was a beautiful day.