Yeah baby! The weekend was so great! I am a Promise Keeper!! A stadium of 60,000 Christian men singing praises to one God! A night spent in a beautiful Victorian Bed & Breakfast! Charlie, Vince, and Allen right next to me, plus new friends I made from the trip! Whew, walls were torn down.
Redemption! I am free at last!
I will live in purity. I will read, pray, and fellowship! I am alive in Christ!!
When I returned home I read chapter 17 from Max Lucado’s God Came Near, Eternal Instants. You know, the moments so perfect that the whole universe stands still to notice. I can think of many right now, and I’ve only been alive for a little over 20 years.
Sitting in the treehouse on Hemlock Hill on a snowy night listening to Braveheart.
Crystal rubbing my neck at the drive-in in Tennessee.
Talking to Emily under the boardwalk in Ft. Walton Beach.
Touching Abigail’s face in McAlister room 206 on Lees-McRae’s campus.
Kissing Jeni in Cincinnati, Ohio while listening to The Wedding Song by Kenny G.
Playing underneath the full moon with Dan and Allen on the back side of Grandfather Mountain.
Holding a curled up Tenielle on her bathroom floor.
Performing “The Mask Skit” at Abundant Life Christian Center.
Eating Wheat Thins and slowly falling asleep next to Jessica under God’s open starry sky.
Playing water guns with Jonathan, Mike, Marcus, and Kevin.
Tubing down Deep Creek with Danny and Peter.
Holding Syndi under the waterfall.
Passing a car in the turning lane with Jonathan.
Helping a lost boy find his mother at Fishnet.
Playing Myst with Vince in New York.
Helping Ryan in and out of the corner tree.
Standing next to the Grand Canyon with Brandon.
Graduating high school and seeing Renee smile at me.
Signing my way through Children of A Lesser God.
Singing with 60,000 men in Knoxville.
And that eternal instant right before I fall asleep each night, when I reflect on the beauty of each amazing day!
Oh wait, and how could I forget, perhaps the most perfect moment of all, riding back from Tennessee with Sharon as Hannah fell asleep in my lap.
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