Long Time Coming...
Man it has been almost a year since my last post. It is amazing how fast time goes...
Well much has changed and much has stayed the same. Well I am about to turn 32, I have about 25 pounds heavier, my little girls are growing much too fast, I have a different job, I built a house and was unable to move into it, I am much more involved in a newly planted Church than I would have guessed, I have made some great friends and for the sake of time I will stop there.
I will also complete School in the fall and I am both excited and depressed. It has been more challenging than I would have guessed, but I have learned so much about God and his word and it has really made me even more hungry to learn than ever before. I can honestly say that I find myself at a point that when I learn something new about the Bible it transcends to many parts of the Bible and my life. My Theology seems to change with every new lesson learned...
OK now down to what this post is really about...
I like to start with questions that help me process my thoughts, so here we go...
Have you ever met someone who makes you think about things in a different light? Or someone how challenges you to figure out where you stand on an issue? What about someone who forces you to to sit and contemplate something? Well during my walk with God I had someone who really did this very well and this person I owe so much too because without him I would not be where I am today and I would not be the man I am today....
Well recently I met someone a lot like the person I just described, the personalities are completely different, but the results are the same. This individual is very bright, passionate about God, very hungry for God and the past few months I have had the pleasure of getting to know him better and I find him doing these same things. I find myself wrestling with things and hungry to search answers. When we get together he always seems to have this theme of what God is doing in his life and as he shares what that is I find myself not just excited for him, but as he shares I find God stirring something in me.
Which brings me to the title of the post "Long Time Coming". It has seemed like a long time that I had someone in my life that made me think that way, it has been a long time since I had conversations with someone who made me wrestle with my beliefs, it has been a long time since I had a friend in my life that trusted me enough to share what God is doing in a way that isn't only authentic, but makes me think about what I believe.... It has been a long time coming...
God I pray that you continue to strengthen our relationship, I pray that our relationship continues to progress toward you. God as you say in your word "as iron sharpens iron, so another man sharpens another". Let this be so with us... Amen.
Well much has changed and much has stayed the same. Well I am about to turn 32, I have about 25 pounds heavier, my little girls are growing much too fast, I have a different job, I built a house and was unable to move into it, I am much more involved in a newly planted Church than I would have guessed, I have made some great friends and for the sake of time I will stop there.
I will also complete School in the fall and I am both excited and depressed. It has been more challenging than I would have guessed, but I have learned so much about God and his word and it has really made me even more hungry to learn than ever before. I can honestly say that I find myself at a point that when I learn something new about the Bible it transcends to many parts of the Bible and my life. My Theology seems to change with every new lesson learned...
OK now down to what this post is really about...
I like to start with questions that help me process my thoughts, so here we go...
Have you ever met someone who makes you think about things in a different light? Or someone how challenges you to figure out where you stand on an issue? What about someone who forces you to to sit and contemplate something? Well during my walk with God I had someone who really did this very well and this person I owe so much too because without him I would not be where I am today and I would not be the man I am today....
Well recently I met someone a lot like the person I just described, the personalities are completely different, but the results are the same. This individual is very bright, passionate about God, very hungry for God and the past few months I have had the pleasure of getting to know him better and I find him doing these same things. I find myself wrestling with things and hungry to search answers. When we get together he always seems to have this theme of what God is doing in his life and as he shares what that is I find myself not just excited for him, but as he shares I find God stirring something in me.
Which brings me to the title of the post "Long Time Coming". It has seemed like a long time that I had someone in my life that made me think that way, it has been a long time since I had conversations with someone who made me wrestle with my beliefs, it has been a long time since I had a friend in my life that trusted me enough to share what God is doing in a way that isn't only authentic, but makes me think about what I believe.... It has been a long time coming...
God I pray that you continue to strengthen our relationship, I pray that our relationship continues to progress toward you. God as you say in your word "as iron sharpens iron, so another man sharpens another". Let this be so with us... Amen.
posted by Andy Rainey at Monday, July 09, 2007
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