About

I make plans.  There, I said it.  I plan to make plans.  I love lists.  I get a not-so-secret thrill from organization.

I spent my life planning and every plan looked ideal.  The setting, the characters, the plot, perfect. But God decided His plans were better than mine.

In the fall of 1996, I found myself in the place I least expected, a college I swore I’d never attend, in a class I vowed never to take, staring into the eyes of a person I wasn’t ready to meet, and on the edge of a cliff overlooking  the biggest mess I’d ever find myself in.  And then, I fell in.

But it was in the midst of that mess, in a cloud of fear, doubt, frustration,  pain, and tears that God was crafting something truly amazing.

Eighteen years later, that mess has been replaced by something wonderful. A Family. A Future. FAITH.

The road has been messy. It will continue to be messy. My home is a mess. My kids are a mess. My mind is a mess. My heart is a mess.  And with each passing year my body becomes more and more of a mess.

But, by continually placing all those things in the hand of the most skillful Artist, those messes are destined to become the ultimate masterpiece.