I've been blessed!
Through my life God has blessed me with some deep friendships.
You know your friendship is deep when time is not a factor. When a half an hour catch up becomes a five hour sharing of life.
Like I said I've been blessed with these kind of people throughout my journey. There's so many of you out there. Thank you. You've enriched my life.
When you enter into these relationships, it often just happens. You never have a conversation to seal it or even acknowlege it. Today I think I found another such friend. He doesn't know about this blog, so he won't be reading this. But I'd like to tell you a little about him.
He's a missionary right now. Was a pastor for twice as long as I've been. And so, he's a bit older than myself. But uncommon as it is, instead of time hardening into tight boundaries and a hard shell, his journey has freed him to explore Jesus and not be afraid of the boundaries and seek the real Jesus, even if it means treading through waters everyone else think too deep and unsafe.
His philosophy is simple. Be a light where you are! Shine and be salty. Don't try to argue people into the Kingdom. Love them, even if they never sign on the dotted line, ever.
Today he put life on hold to hear me and give me some advice, and trust me, his life is hectic. Anyway, after a conversation that lasted through a car ride, standing by the shelves of a bookstore, and a long time in a Tim Horton's and another car ride, and a million topics, I felt refreshed.
Anyway, this is to all of you who are, have been, will continue to be my friends, whether near or far. My life has been and, I know, will continue to be changed because of you.
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