First off let me just tell you all I absolutely LOVE how God works, how is it that God knows exactly who to put where and what for them to do and all of the other things it is that people do or say or be that make us see our own faults.... or even just people who you would really don't want to listen to or take advice from, and they just manage to say the right thing at the right time or the wrong thing at the right time or the right thing at the wrong time.... or the wrong thing and the wrong time whatever the case may be. Well that didn't really happen to me, well it did but that doesn't really have anything to do with anything at all, but I was just thinking about that earlier.
Secondly I must give an ode to two of my favorite people EVER! Michael and Lesly Ford. I have learned so much from these lovely people! People who believe in me when I don't believe in myself, and who encourage... always, people who will tell you "we considered not giving you good references because we wanted to keep you." People that will love you even before they really know you.
This is what I know about Lesly, she is just wonderful, she's one of those people who I relate to well, she's not afraid to tell you what she's thinking... but she won't hurt your feelings either. She is a beautiful, intelligent woman who is sold out to serving God, but she's not afraid of her weaknesses, and not afraid to let you see her work through them. (This amazes and challenges me because I'm terrified of people knowing I struggle) She has a passion for the students she serves, and gives 100% to them. She gives excellent advice, and has just been a great great help and encouragement to me.
Now here is what I know about Michael, Michael is loud, and funny, and sarcastic. He is not afraid to tell you what he thinks, nor is he afraid to hurt your feelings... BUT he always makes sure not to leave pieces on the floor. . He also just happens to be one of the few people who can make me lose all my lots and do the awful three in a row high pitched stutter, and one of the few people I've been truly angry at. ... Michael is one of my least and most favorite people of the planet. His passion is evident and this challenges me. If I had to chose one person to pray for the rest of forever, it would be Michael. Hopefully I will not soon forget the lessons I have learned from them, and if I have one tenth the passion of one of them, I'll be doing pretty good.
Well, that was longer than I expected, but it's important for me let people know they're appreciated, and I've also just been thinking a lot about last summer, and how wonderful and crazy and everything that it was, and I'm sad that I won't be here this year, but excited to be going out (I know you've heard that 500000 times, I"M SORRY!)
Tonight we talked about changing the world, not ever having too much of Christ, and how we tend to try and have just enough Christianity in us so people know we're Christian without really looking the part... I mean why wouldn't we want to be as worldly as possible. Just enough Christ to keep us from burning right? Well my goodness, talk about a slap in the face. mmm, I'll have more on this later.
I promise.
until next time.
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