Did I tell you about...

When we share our lives often enough with enough people, there will be times when we wonder "did I tell you about that already?" or "have I told them yet?"

The funny thing is, that never used to be a "problem" for me. Especially when I think back on high school, there were so few people I talked to on a regular basis that I would know if I had already told them about something going on in my life. (That is if I had even cared to mention anything. ) And on several occasions I would remember having a conversation with someone who have forgotten about it; just usual simple everyday conversations that I could easily store in my uncrowded memory of social interactions.

But the random realization I came to tonight is that lately (in my college years) I do have that thought on occasion- as I went outside tonight to feed my dog and saw my car in the driveway I wondered to myself if I had told a particular friend or family member about my new car yet since the other had been totalled in an accident I was in recently. So I just smiled to myself seeing how my "social skills" and really just a relational and conversational personality has been in progress through my years in college. That part of me has really come about through my experiences in a meaningful Christian community on campus and coming to realize how relational Jesus is and how that is part of the foundation of being a witness and being in His ministry. Thank you Lord!