We had Heidi and Alex over again tonight. She's been telling me about the terrible things he does sometimes that make me so mad I want to punch him. But tonight went really well, and I'm even more convinced of what I told her last week: that he is being a drama king because he's feeling moody.

I wrote her a message that I'm going to send her tomorrow to elaborate more on how to handle him, because he reminds me so much of myself that I feel like I can read his mind and tell her how to work with him when he's at his worst.

Tonight I just want to say that I am feeling pretty convicted/shamed for the things I do that I've heard Alex does to Heidi. It seems very obvious to me now that one reason they are in our lives right now is that Alex is a mirror God wants me to see myself in. *cringe* NOT the most fun thing in the world, let me tell you!! But so good for me. When I realize what he is doing and articulate it to Heidi, I realize that it's just what I do to Stephen, and I am brought completely to repentance about it. So I'm so glad God does this, even though it's not fun.

In other news, work is also bringing out things in me that I need to deal with. (Thanks again...God...I know You love me and that's why You're putting me through this...) Namely my extreme perfectionism. I had a rough day at work Tuesday and I'm basically expecting to get fired. That might be irrational (or it might be true :/ ), but either way, it's bringing up this huge perfectionism thing for me that needs to be dealt with. And I'm pretty sure this one is going to be the deepest-rooted problem of my soul and is going to be extremely painful to unearth.

So cover me in prayer in the next few weeks as I grapple with it and with my shortcomings at work. And if you want to, say a prayer for my friends, just that God would continue to grow them in their faith, maturity, and their love for each other. That's all they need.

By the way, the game we played tonight was a game from 1986 called Scruples and it was GREAT! So fun, and really good for getting to know people. Basically you present people with dilemmas and try to guess how they would respond. Totally awesome game! Teaches you a lot about people's values. Very cool.

Anyway, I need to head to bed. Work tomorrow. Good night!

-Stephanie

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