Significant Events
Ever have something happen to you and you couldn't help but think that this just couldn't be random coincidence, it must mean something for my future or even for now or understanding of the past? Sorry for the run-on sentence, but I seemed to have a string of these incidences happen in the past few days.
People from my past have come back into my life, people in my present are leaving my world as I know it, and new people have entered my life who I never thought could mean so much to me. Again, I apologize for I am speaking in generalities.
Choosing when to share one's opinions and when to keep them to themself is a piece of wisdom that we should all strive for. But I must be open now.
Rob is leaving our church to be replaced by a high school pastor. I think he knew his time would eventually come, but it almost made me cry. It felt like just when I was getting to know him, and we were really getting the worship band together, they ask him to leave. Now some responsibility is put on me that I have always wanted, and Im afraid I dont have the time to truly dedicate myself to it. But there does not need to be fear in ones life. Fear is only created when one isnt open to the world and all it has to offer.
In any case, Thanksgiving was great. Frank cooked some awesome food once again and we still have leftovers that need to be thrown out. This weekend we put up our tree and decorations for Christmas. It feels so weird, but I guess it always feels weird when you first do something, and then it doesnt feel weird anymore. It feels normal. And thats how we grow I guess. By being open to new people, things, and experiences, but also, and more importantly I believe, is that we are open to the idea, and the reality, that for us to grow, we have to let go of who we were, and become who we are meant to be.
People from my past have come back into my life, people in my present are leaving my world as I know it, and new people have entered my life who I never thought could mean so much to me. Again, I apologize for I am speaking in generalities.
Choosing when to share one's opinions and when to keep them to themself is a piece of wisdom that we should all strive for. But I must be open now.
Rob is leaving our church to be replaced by a high school pastor. I think he knew his time would eventually come, but it almost made me cry. It felt like just when I was getting to know him, and we were really getting the worship band together, they ask him to leave. Now some responsibility is put on me that I have always wanted, and Im afraid I dont have the time to truly dedicate myself to it. But there does not need to be fear in ones life. Fear is only created when one isnt open to the world and all it has to offer.
In any case, Thanksgiving was great. Frank cooked some awesome food once again and we still have leftovers that need to be thrown out. This weekend we put up our tree and decorations for Christmas. It feels so weird, but I guess it always feels weird when you first do something, and then it doesnt feel weird anymore. It feels normal. And thats how we grow I guess. By being open to new people, things, and experiences, but also, and more importantly I believe, is that we are open to the idea, and the reality, that for us to grow, we have to let go of who we were, and become who we are meant to be.
posted by Jeremy at 6:07 PM
3 Comments:
You were open about a part of what you were talkin about in your first paragraph; what about the rest?
J, I'm open to things, that's why I try them, but even though I'm open to things I'm still scared as *#@! going into them.
I think we touch on this...being scared to do things keep from you from the best things in life. Maybe this new responsibility is God's way of showing you something....
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