surrender

To relinquish possession or control to another / to give up in favor of another. / to give up or give back (something that has been granted) /to give up or abandon / to give over or resign (oneself) to something.

“God speaks the loudest to the soul whom is most surrendered to Him.”

-Andy Stanley; on Christians who choose to co-operate with God rather than manipulate Him.

I hate numbers

So I finally got my taxes done! Time: 3:00am. Thank you, thank you… done all by myself! This is a great achievement for me seriously, even though it took me several determined attempts. My poor math kept calculating that the Federal Government owed me just over a million dollars and Illinois State pretty much owed me what they spent on Millennium Park. I was preparing to strike a deal with them, “close down all the toll booths around Chicago, make it mandatory $burger night every night of the week throughout the city, ban taxis and give everyone bicycles.” After this sort of bargaining I would call it even.

My friend Dave’s 6 year old daughter Kiran walked up to me while I was working on my taxes (during attempt 4, I do believe) and asked me if I needed help (stalling for bed time). She asked me what taxes were for and I attempted to explain, schools, filling in potholes, fancy dinners at City Hall, lining pockets …she rolled her eyes and I felt the same way. She did help me with the answer to 5+7. Thanks Kiran.

I can’t stand numbers and figures. In 4th grade I was handed my final Math exam paper with lots of red X marks on it. I grinned and smiled and my teacher sighed a deep, deep sigh when I exclaimed; “33%!!!... 33 is my favorite number!”