so thanksgiving just ended...i love thanksgiving. it was a great day, and it was spent with friends and family; just the remedy from the hectic college life. i miss my old friends and my best friends and the normal life. tom gave me the chance to do the thanksgiving morn service at Bethlehem again this year, and it was a really special time...full of worship and fellowship and thanksgiving. it was beautiful.
as i sit here reading old care cards from workcamp 06 in mattawan, michigan, i find it near impossible to look back on the last 2 years of my life to see the hand of God in the hardened clay. pretty incredible. He's amazing, isn't He? that camp was beyond words. He blessed me with a great crew...a crew that will forever hold one of my best friends. Miku Vaniman. yeah. what a friend! reading some of her care cards to me...some of the things she said just really touched me. the way she talked about my faith...it doesn't make sense looking back. i suppose it is different when you see your own faults. but yeah, she is an incredible person; someone i will always consider one of my best friends of all time. it's funny, because looking back, i think i learned a lot more in faith from miku than miku learned from me. it's tough now though...my ole iowan buddy is so far away. it would be incredible to just catch up on her life and see how she is doing and what God is doing in her. she is with a wonderful guy, she says. praise God! this guy she is dating seems to be right on track with Jesus, eagerly pursuing His throne. i know she is doing the same. what joy is in my heart when i learn of such things! i am so proud of her. that girl will forever be a huge part of my past, present, and future.
looking back on that week, i read care cards about the deep heart-to-heart's that Lindsey and i had in that western michigan town. wow. how awesome is that? knowing our humble beginnings as best friends rooted in Jesus...it's inspiring. it makes me wanna try harder at all things. it's a beautiful thing. she has been a blessing. i sure am thankful for her, even though she doesn't even know the degree to which i am thankful, nor i am not sure she ever will. she's always going to be my best friend above all else...hallelujah! she's the first person/thing i think of when i wake up and the last i think of before sleeping. God created a beautiful woman in her. i am blessed.
the last picture i have looking back on wc 06 was 'let us adore.' the crew got to lead the camp in a closing worship song. the emotion was surely evident. the moment matt rowley first stood up to worship in that audience, God was just landing on Mattawan High. that song prepared a way in the desert for God to land. and boy, did He! the worship was palpable. as long as i live, that will continue to be one of my favorite moments in worship. i am thankful for the opportunity we were granted that night.
i'm going to look beyond the football and food tonight, and focus on the Cross.
that's all i want to do. worship.
-joe
::happy thanksgiving::
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