tonight i think life is one big secret. and if it is, the world has its lips sealed pretty tightly. and secrets are only fun if you're the one witholding the information. and i'm not. and if i were, i'd be telling as many people as possible. maybe that's why the world isn't letting me in on it, because nobody likes the person who tells everyone else.

tonight i met the lady who is giving me a substansial amount of money to study at taylor for my senior year. she seemed like an amazing woman, and i'm sure she's more amazing than i had the opportunity to realize in those two short hours. i heard god in the string quartet and in the harp. and i also heard him reminding me of a godly man who helped me out when i was an unsuspecting freshman wondering what in the world god wanted to do with me.

and tonight i want to be a man whose little hair remaining is gray with wisdom...whose wrinkles around the corners of his lips are signs of joy through the years...whose wrinkles around the corners of his eyes are reminders of many painful prayers...whose mind can look back and see a good work nearing full completion (those painful prayers now answered).