While my word for the year is Intentionality, I feel like a sub-theme for the month has been Awareness. And, wow, there are ways I am so massively working on this.

For example – stayed overnight in Nashville, at a friends. Using google maps, the pin puts me in front of their house. I can only see the first three of four numbers on the mailbox, but it lines up and looks like their house from what I can remember. My friend had texted, “come in thru the garage,” so I did.

I get inside. I can see thru a glass door into the house and I think, “huh, I don’t remember them having a dog.” And a woman appears who’s not my friends wife, followed by a man who is not my friend. I am super apologetic, it’s 10:30 at night, a stranger in their garage with his overnight bag, laptop and clothes on hangers, ready to crash at their place. I’m so glad they were nice people and I didn’t get shot.

As I said, working on awareness, grateful for people who are becoming love, and of God’s kindness, grace and protection over me as he loves me thru my stoopid.

I’m reminded of Psalm 5:12 which says, he surrounds us with favor, as with a shield.