Happy Friday, all!!! I have approximately 2 minutes to write this entry before I get down to work here, but thought…still worth it, right? I’m drinking my peppermint mocha and enjoying a lovely morning here in Houston! Fall is officially upon us as it was about 64 degrees as I drove in this morning! Shockingly cold. For Houston. So I shall enjoy.

In other news…we had a very not fun day at work yesterday, where four of the eleven people on my team got let go. Times are bad here in the oil and gas industry, and there is no sign of them getting better anytime soon. But who cares about the industry…what really saddens me is these four people – people with wives and kids – that no longer have a job. Saying goodbye to one of them(Will) as he left…I can’t describe it other than to say it was not fun. And who knows when it shall be my turn? I can answer that simply by saying: God knows. And that is that in which I rest, because otherwise it would be oh so easy to stress and mutter and wring my hands over the uncertainty in my future. But I serve a living God, who has purposes for my life that I know not…and I trust in Him. Forever and always.

Now – I must fly, dear friends. Have a most delightful Friday – fueled by the knowledge that we have a most loving and gracious God who watches over us and holds us close to Him.