I missed posting yesterday. I was in a kind of funk and couldn't come up with a tender mercy. I know they happen every day, but I just couldn't come up with anything I felt was blog worthy.
Today's tender mercy is a kind, loving, and honest roommate. Today did not turn out as planned. I have been planning for a month to go to the Chinese New Year celebration in LA, but then my two traveling companions got sick. I was so frustrated that things did not go as planned - that I couldn't go because they weren't going. Later in the day my roommate Lauren (one of those who got sick) said that she had realized that she shouldn't feel bad about me not going today because based on all the adventurous things I have done in my life (namely live in China and in Washington, D.C.) I could have gone by myself, but just chose not to go by myself. At first her saying this frustrated the heck out of me. I mean why shouldn't she feel sorry for me...I hadn't been able to go because my friends had gotten sick. The more I thought about it though I realized that she was right. I made a choice and that choice was not to go. Whether or not I thought I was making that decision when I made it I did. The Lord gives us agency in this life and we use it all the time and today I was reminded by an honest roommate and friend that sometimes we don't even realize we are using this great gift.
To end on a bright note Lauren and I did enjoy a great dinner at Claim Jumper. It was a good end to an unexpected day.
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