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Summer Highlights

August 30, 2008 in Blog,My Life with 0 Comments

School started back up this week… I have no clue where my summer went. It literally seemed like summer went by in the blink of an an eye, although the older I get, the more life goes by in the blink of an eye. Anyway… here are my highlights of summer 2008:

Impartation Conference - This was such an amazing conference and a great way to kick off summer. Keith Moore, Doug Jones, and Duane Sherriff rocked my world. Plus, I got to meet Keith Moore!!!

Summer Scream Camp - Camp was an absolute blast…nothing like a 13 hours bus ride to the middle of nowhere! God moved and did some awesome things.

The Prank – Nothing like coming back from camp at 3:30 a.m. in the morning after a 13 hour bus ride and finding my entire cubicle covered in aluminum foil…everything. One of the best pranks I’ve ever witnessed!

Canada with the Walczaks - This was my vacation this summer… I had an absolute blast! The Walczaks were unbelievable hosts and I am so glad I got to spend my vacation with some of my best friends. Good times….

Silver Ring Thing – There is something so special about seeing 900 teenagers commit to sexual purity. Does anyone remember the fire alarm going off? Who turned on the hazer!!

Cedar Point – My first trip ever to Cedar Point. Loved spending the day with Sean Moore and Rev Students. Good times…

19 North Scavenger Hunt – Enough Said!

4:12 Students – Just did a post on these guys. I loved spending my summer in the office with them. They’re awesome and know we all have some great friendships and memories we’ll never forget!!

Certainly there were many more highlights… these were some of the big ones. Overall, it was an awesome summer! I am looking forward to the Fall and wrapping up 2008!!!

The Something Store…Check it Out

August 29, 2008 in Blog,My Life with 0 Comments

Ok… so Josh Griffin has got me hooked on all of this stuff online!

This Website (The Something Store) is pretty awesome. You can buy something (you won’t know what you’re buying) and send it to yourself or someone for $10 (shipping is free in the US). It could be a lot of fun to randomly send something to a friend… so if your bored and have an extra $10 to throw away… send someone Something!

What Matters Most (Part 2)

August 29, 2008 in Blog,Ministry,Relationships with 0 Comments

“I tell you the truth, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters, you were doing it for me.” -Matthew 25:40

I want to share a story of something that happened to me recently that had an amazing impact on me:

I was out with a bunch of friends (I will not use names) . . . at the end of the night one friend had some circumstances come up in which I had to stay with them after everyone left. Selfishly, my first thought was… this stinks… I want to go home (I had nothing of importance to do…honestly I wanted to play Super Mario Galaxy). I sat their . . . annoying thoughts running through my head, when suddenly I looked over at my friend and they had burst into tears. We started talking, I gave them a hug, and I ended up praying with them over the next half hour.

As he was leaving that night he turned me and said, “Bubba, God is so good . . . I guess he can take something horrible, and turn it into something wonderful.”

I thought to myself, what if I had just left, what if I wouldn’t have talked with them, hugged them, and prayed with them. My heart starting breaking, one because I almost missed that amazing opportunity to share God’s love with someone, second, that I have not been making what is important to HIM important to me. I am making the decision to refuse to settle for anything less now than what is important to Him now. This is another one of those life changing things happening in my life right now… so what about you?

Do you find yourself pressing ignore on your phone because you don’t want to be bothered? You’re too busy to spend time with someone in need? When someone wants to talk to you about something they’re going through do you automatically have thoughts like, “I do not want to do this right now… maybe later . . . go see someone else . . . leave me alone!”

I think it’s time we all evaluate what matters most… and make sure what matters to HIM, matters to us.