Finally!

After almost a year of practicing driving, and three years behind schedule, I got it! I passed my driving test and am now a proud, stereotypical, california driver! 

The best thing about it was apparently there are people who decide to stalk others during their test. The purpose is to gain insight so they are able to know what they will be tested on. So, the lady from the DMV got really pissed at them and made me pull alongside them. She then proceeds to inform them that what they are doing is illegal and she is going to report them to the Fremont police. Wow. How epic is that?

Oh, and I passed with 6 errors versus my brother had 7. I win!

My Prayer of the Summer

"Outstretched Hands"
By Starfield

Could I talk to You?
Are You listening?
Would You let me ask the questions
That burn inside of me?
I am reaching out
I am holding on
Feel like one of Your affections
But not quite like I belong
Like I belong

I am numb today
Everything's a blur
I've seen too much to deny
Too little to be sure
Like a prodigal
Like a distant son
I can see You from a distance
But I'm too ashamed to come

Will You see me through this valley?
Will You hold my outstretched hands?
As the world caves in around me
Will You help me understand?
Help me understand, help me understand

I am scared to fall
Scared to carry on 
Am I losing to the cynic
After running for so long?
There's a child in me
Lost in mystery
But it's buried underneath the earth
Longing to be free

It's been a hard summer for me. Prayer has been huge. And I've seen how far God can bring me with a simple, little prayer. And whenever I find myself slipping out of His grasp and into the hands of worry, fear, doubt, and feelings of unworthiness, I listen to this song. Because God does see me through this valley. And He'll see me through the next, and the next, and the next. Because "while our feelings come and go, God's love for us does not."- C.S. Lewis. May the Lord be with you.