I have a friend who

I have a friend who I was talking to about my blog and she said “You should write about me!” As suspiciously self indulgent as that sounded she is right. I should write about her. She is that rad (a word consistently used by her to describe things that are “cool” or “awesome”) People write about God’s creations all the time…

The mountains are so beautiful I will explode if I don’t write about it!

Music is so raw and emotional my head will implode if I don’t express myself!

Common sense says that writing about His favorite creation, people, is not only acceptable but may give God a sigh of relief.  We tend to admire the wood of the frame before the genius of Picasso.

So with no further ado I introduce you to Helena. Yep, Helena.  Right now she is saying “What the crap?” …Yeah she says crap and some other ones. She is saying crap because Helena is not her name. Its on purpose and… this might be on the internet.
I have my reasons for naming her Helena and if you want to know I just might tell you.

Helena lives far away from me and we are limited to phone conversations. I hate talking on the phone…she is good at it though.  She has great phone etiquette, never is busy with anything else, and okay with putting it off in order to secure a more focused environment.

I talk with her at least twice a month and she updates me on a lot. The great weather where she is…her current job situation, how much she likes her new church. When Helena talks about things going wrong it’s not that annoying complaining that some people do…

I can’t believe this is happening to me…my life sucks…

It usually sounds like…

I can’t believe this is happening…

That is it. Who doesn’t say that!!??

We talk together about hurdles in life. It seems like we both seriously wrestle with God. Not in unbelief but with what we think is best. I know I fight hard with Him. Punches thrown, me getting tossed to the mat, and OH the submission moves He pulls off…
Helena relates to me with that and she may be an easier fight for God because every time she wrestles with something she is very quick to tap out and give it up to Him. It makes me want to do the same.

She tells me about guys that she thinks are rad. I am not so old fashioned sometimes so I tell her to go ask him out…she disagrees. She wants the man to man up, so as to reflect his leadership in a future relationship. I think it is because she wants the best for herself, and she may not know that.

She knows she’s rad and needs a rad guy.



We are so obsessed with people who do such large things… even one famous act can get you into history books, think about Lindbergh, he flew a plane across the atlantic…so he gets biographies and TV specials. Helena loves her friends without reserve…where is her book and movie? Isn’t that worth a thousands flights to the moon!? She gets some crappy paragraphs on a seldom read blog, whoopee. Such is life.

I wish I could tell you all the nuances of her personality but I can’t…that would take days to read and only a God who made her. This is true of anyone. Each person I see and encounter each day is a walking library of emotions and experience. They have their own fears and beliefs. They all reflect God in some way and hopefully they remind somebody of a song they like. ..