february 27th, 2012 – brandon, donald and bob. oh my.

“One day I will meet Donald Miller. and I will make myself look so foolish and stupid, but it will be the happiest day of my life.” – this blog post, August 25th 2010.

last thursday i was really tired and had a big weekend coming up. there was a women’s worship night at my church and i was zooming from the patterson’s to make it in time. and as i was driving, i remembered that brandon heath was playing at imago dei, and donald miller would be there. after three minutes of debating in my head, i decided to carpe diem and go.

i sat there, watching brandon heath sing my favorite songs and laughing with bob goff and seeing donald miller and i knew i made the right choice.

did you know that i am really awkward sometimes? for the most part i think i’m alright; sometimes i’m funny and sometimes i say something kind of smart, and i like fun stuff. but when i am around people i admire, i turn into superhero awkward girl. so if you had walked into the room, you would have found me sitting on a pew, holding my notebook to my chest and swinging my feet like a five year old. after many people stepping in between me and donald miller, i decided that i must do something.

i got up and sat right next to donald miller. and told him how madeleine l’engle was my favorite author {and then covered my face and apologized for being offensive – and he told me he’d just finished reading walking on water and i told him it was my favorite book} {and once i wrote about BOTH OF THEM in the same blog entry.} and i regretted never writing to her, so it meant a lot being able to tell him how much his writing means to me.

after that i spent a solid 70% of the interaction covering my face with my hands because i could not figure out why words about me stalking him on twitter were flowing from my mouth.

i am prophetic. i did make myself look so foolish and stupid, but it was the happiest day of my life.

and i never imagined him being exactly how he is in his books, but he was. and i told him i would read every book he wrote the rest of his life, and that is so true.

then i briefly told bob goff how inspiring he is. seriously. check out these tweets –

and then as i was leaving i got to tell brandon heath how much his cd “leaving eden” helped and encouraged me in california, and briefly told him how i was trying to be challenged while at home. as i was leaving he said “don’t get comfortable.” and i said “i see what you did there.”

sometimes i forget that how i see things isn’t how God sees things; i often think “i must sit on my couch in my pajamas drinking tea to experience rest.” and God responds with “you have to laugh and sing and get teary and be encouraged and focus on me to experience rest.” sometimes he responds with “get your pajamas on, make some tea, and sit on your couch.” but not all the time, just some of the time.

THAT IS A PICTURE OF ME AND DONALD MILLER.