Megan's prayer: Ginny Owen's "Run To You"

And I know my friends are but a precious few

Looking back over the past 3-4 years, the number of friends I have has dropped quite a bit. To make things worse, a good majority of the friends I do have don't live in St. Louis full time. For the past few weeks, this has really been bothering me because I would love to have more friends in a closer proximity.

I think I have finally made it to the point that I am okay with my friend situation. While I know there are less than I wanted there to be, and that the location of all my friends isn't exactly ideal, I know that they are each such a gift to me and I should rejoice in the fact they are my friends instead of looking at it from a negative view.

Chris' prayer: Ginny Owens' "Run to You"

I used to see the world in black and white
Now I find myself lost in a fog of gray

The first line describes how I used to look at my faith perfectly: black and white. Everything was crystal clear. There was a right thing to believe in and a wrong thing to avoid. The right answers had all positives and no negatives, and the wrong answers were just the opposite: no redeeming qualities whatsoever. I accepted my faith just as it was told to me.

The second line, however, doesn't describe me so well. I don't really feel "lost" in that fog of gray. In fact, I feel like those shades of gray are really more true than the blacks and whites of my faith's past. The good choices are still good, but I can see how they aren't perfect. The bad choices are still bad, but I can see the redeeming qualities in them sometimes.

Being a designer, the difference in my faith is the difference between a black and white bitmapped image, and one that is colored in 8 or even 16 bit grayscale. So much more real and true in those grays, even if they aren't so easy and perfect.

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Katie's prayer: Ginny Owens' "Run To You"

When I face the questions that seem to have no answers....

I will run to You

Jesus is my go-to guy. Anytime I need help, have questions, am confused, the first person I run to is Jesus. Right now, I need lots of help, have lots of questions and confused about many things. So, naturally, I'm running to Jesus. That's how it should be. I only wish I could get concrete answers to those questions.