Have you ever stopped to take an inventory of all the relationships you've had in your life? The people that have touched you deeply...those who were just acquaintaces but touched your life in one way or another...
I'm a very social person! I love people! I love relationships! Over the years I've gotten to know many people at all kinds of levels. But the life of a pastor seems to be one where, somewhere along the way you move on and no matter how hard you try, there's new relationships and the distance and business often keeps you from being able to maintain the same depth of relationship with old friends. Every once in while I stop and think and wonder...whatever happened to so and so?...what are they doing now?
Interestingly enough the last few months has brought me into contact with several of these old friends. Often by coincidence...but regardless...it's really neat to reconnect with these old friends. And an old friendship, is made new all over again.
Today I spent a bunch of time on IM reconnecting with an old friend from my Bible college days. It looks like we'll be able to reconnect further in the future...that's really cool!
There's a kind of friend that, no matter how much time passes, when you do reconnect, it takes all but two seconds to feel like, although much has changed, your relationship was deeper than time itself. And that, as my American Express friends like to say, is priceless.
Posted by ed | TrackBackJoel died in his second day. He was our first child. A not as rare as one would like gentic heart 'defect' claimed his earthly life. Ed, I am sorry that I have been away from active reading of a number of blogs especially when I come upon news such as yours. God bless you and your wife and kids with heaping amounts of peace. May joy find its way into Christmas for you all. As ever, in times of loss I am reminded of Terry Scott Taylors wonderful lyric:
"And to our dear dead dears
if there's anywhere to be, then
you must be there
And to our dear dead dears
If there's anything to know, then
you must know it"
thrive!,
O
Thanks O, and thanks for sharing that. I can't even imagine what you guys went through. But everytime someone shares their story, it helps a little. Thanks friend!
And a Merry Christmas to you and all the family.
Peace and Joy!
Posted by: ed