ramblings of the day
I keep thinking I'll wait until something exciting or profound happens to me and then I'll write something in this blog. But nothing 'news' worthy seems to be happening so I figure I'll start to write something and something should come out of this.
I guess I could write about my friends. I think that's been the biggest thing on my mind lately is how truly cool all my friends are. So it all started at the Bella concert. I stood at the back and watched my two great friends put on a wonderful show, and for some reason I was just so proud of them. Now I know that I have done nothing to add to their musical talent, and 'being proud' is something their parents do, but I was proud of them because of what they have done in life. I started to think of the gang in high school. Specifically the four of us that would go for Thursday night walks, and the rest of us that smoked tea, and hung out late at night at the playground, and I just marvelled at where God has all brought us, and who he has made us to be. Matt and Cam are rock stars :), Dana is married and living in this wonderful little house and making a difference in the town we gre up in, Wendy is also making a difference yet in completely different areas of our little town, Simon has been living by the mountains hiking and just loving the people around him, I heard Brendan has been travelling the world, and I realized that the world is right here in Saskatchewan and I get to live on Broadway and hang out with this world all at the same time. It's amazing to me at how we can all start out in the same little town, doing many of the same day to day things and yet throughout the years we change into very different people than we started as. None of us are the same, and yet how wonderfully creative God has been with our lives. I think it's safe to say that we are all in some part of our life doing something we love. Not one of us has given in to the status quo, we are all still dreaming of what we want, some of us have seen our parts of our dreams come true, some of us are still waiting for the dreams to be revealed. But in the end we know God is working and taking us places that we could never imagine. Cause look at our lives now. Could we have imagined this?
Sometimes when I think about high school and then I think about my friends from high school I wonder how we have come this far. And I think a big part of it was that people took the time during our lives to pour themselves into us. And the biggest example of this I think was Tim Epp. I still think about that guy and wonder how hard it must have been to hang out with a bunch of little, hyper, grade seven and eight kids, but he did it. He threw his all into is and pushed us spiritually. I remember how he took us on a missions trip to BC and during our time out there we went hiking and Dana and I were all tired and we were probably complaining the whole way but he wouldn't let us stop. He made us keep going and we reached this beautiful lake, and then he talked to us about perseverence. Ha, I remember being so annoyed, and yet knew it was quite appropriate. I guess what I'm trying to say is that somewhere deep in my heart there are lessons and learnings that others have poured into me and my friends all these years that we don't even know are in there and we are continually being blessed by the faithfulness of those who have gone before us.
Hmmm, that's funny. I guess I did have something to say. It's weird how you don't even know what you are thinking until you start to write. Anyway, I should get going. I have my staff Christmas party tonight and so I need to make some food for it. Until next time...
I guess I could write about my friends. I think that's been the biggest thing on my mind lately is how truly cool all my friends are. So it all started at the Bella concert. I stood at the back and watched my two great friends put on a wonderful show, and for some reason I was just so proud of them. Now I know that I have done nothing to add to their musical talent, and 'being proud' is something their parents do, but I was proud of them because of what they have done in life. I started to think of the gang in high school. Specifically the four of us that would go for Thursday night walks, and the rest of us that smoked tea, and hung out late at night at the playground, and I just marvelled at where God has all brought us, and who he has made us to be. Matt and Cam are rock stars :), Dana is married and living in this wonderful little house and making a difference in the town we gre up in, Wendy is also making a difference yet in completely different areas of our little town, Simon has been living by the mountains hiking and just loving the people around him, I heard Brendan has been travelling the world, and I realized that the world is right here in Saskatchewan and I get to live on Broadway and hang out with this world all at the same time. It's amazing to me at how we can all start out in the same little town, doing many of the same day to day things and yet throughout the years we change into very different people than we started as. None of us are the same, and yet how wonderfully creative God has been with our lives. I think it's safe to say that we are all in some part of our life doing something we love. Not one of us has given in to the status quo, we are all still dreaming of what we want, some of us have seen our parts of our dreams come true, some of us are still waiting for the dreams to be revealed. But in the end we know God is working and taking us places that we could never imagine. Cause look at our lives now. Could we have imagined this?
Sometimes when I think about high school and then I think about my friends from high school I wonder how we have come this far. And I think a big part of it was that people took the time during our lives to pour themselves into us. And the biggest example of this I think was Tim Epp. I still think about that guy and wonder how hard it must have been to hang out with a bunch of little, hyper, grade seven and eight kids, but he did it. He threw his all into is and pushed us spiritually. I remember how he took us on a missions trip to BC and during our time out there we went hiking and Dana and I were all tired and we were probably complaining the whole way but he wouldn't let us stop. He made us keep going and we reached this beautiful lake, and then he talked to us about perseverence. Ha, I remember being so annoyed, and yet knew it was quite appropriate. I guess what I'm trying to say is that somewhere deep in my heart there are lessons and learnings that others have poured into me and my friends all these years that we don't even know are in there and we are continually being blessed by the faithfulness of those who have gone before us.
Hmmm, that's funny. I guess I did have something to say. It's weird how you don't even know what you are thinking until you start to write. Anyway, I should get going. I have my staff Christmas party tonight and so I need to make some food for it. Until next time...
2 Comments:
you hit the nail on the head. that's exactly what's been on my mind the last little while, and i've been thinking of tim too. i hope someday i can make a difference for kids like he did for us. i still consider you all my closest friends, even though we're kinda far apart. that kinda thing doesn't go away, at least not for me. love ya.
Funny how Tim had an impact on us all huh? I was hardly in the youth group while he was there, but my year... two years with him inspired me to follow in his steps and become a pastor too... hey all ya Dalmeny People I think of you guys quite often (especially since all your blogs are connected :) anyway just thought I'd say hi!
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Nathan McCorkindale
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