a really good day

it's been a really great day.

i went to the dentist. he said to keep up the good work. even though i don't work that hard on my teeth.
then ma and i went shopping. i got my ear pierced, ate chipotle, bought a new bible and a warm pair of boots for school.
then we went to the nephrologist. for the last time. it's just crazy how i've been healed. and i'm so thankful that God brought me here. i'm so thankful for the disease, and even more thankful to be healthy. i don't think i would appreciate health at all if there weren't ever a time when i was not healthy. i mean, i could have someone elses' kidneys inside me right now, but God didn't want me there [something i'm glad for now, but would have been thankful to have functional kidneys].
anyway,
dr. patterson is one of my favorite people ever. he really has always cared about everything that's going on in my life. today he asked what i did over new years, and actually listened with his eyes and cared. and he was checking up on my gpa and making sure i'm a good kid [sorta funny, yeah]. he came into the exam room and wrote down my blood pressure and looked at all the results from the last appointment and then he said well, it's been a long journey. yep. december 2001 was the first biopsy and then another one in march 2004. and i just don't know what i can do for you anymore. i'd like to keep you as a patient, but you don't need us anymore. and i've never had a patient clear up so well; i don't really know what else we could ever do for you. so i've gotta talk to the team, but let's just say we're signing off on your case.
i just know that i see so much more of God's mercy because of this. and how he is redeeming and restoring everything to himself.
and i got to have coffee with aaron hibbard tonight. he's really great and growing older. a senior at lee. and just encouraging. it was so good to spend some time with him tonight. God definitely encouraged both of us. it was good.
Jesus is beautiful.