not dark yet

well, it just keeps getting better.  you’ve read of my slow conversion to a particular moms group (MOPS).  it came out in a conversation with kate and ended a month later with the realization that i had yet again been a dummy about the whole thing.  over the past two years of being involved, i might even use the word flourish to describe the way my heart would responded every other friday after our meetings.  

and this weekend it goes even further: a retreat with other like-hearted moms, preparing for the next year of meeting together, as discussion facilitators (i prefer facilitator to leader).  you know the prep work we had to do?  TAKE THE MYERS-BRIGGS TEST!  was fun to revisit those questions, although i have to admit that i couldn’t answer most of those questions without pause and a sense of “well, sometimes i gravitate toward the center of a room…and sometimes i’m leaning against the wall”.  

i wonder if the test outcomes are compromised if the testee (ha-ha-ha) has kids they’re chasing around or is always functioning in ministry mode.  often times, i’d much rather sit back and observe the friendship occurring at church, marvel at the complexities, & go home and write about it.  BUT: i feel compelled to contribute to the connection between people because i love them, i want to know them more deeply, and because our time together is limited.  and when i get home, i’m getting my rambunctious crew ready for la-la-land.  necessity draws the E out.