Today was an incredible day spent with a good friend of mine Jessey. She has spent the past 24 hours being monitored (as you can see in the picture) to find out if she has seizure activity. Brave soul that she is, she came to youth last night wired up and disguised with a bandana and skater hat!! Today she got to take the device off though and I was honored to help her in the tedious process. As I sat there peeling off the patches from her hair I thought "this is why I love youth ministry." There's nothing humanly glorious about it; it's just loving teens in every way, being there for them, and in doing so showing them the love of Christ in a way they will never forget.
We managed to get the mess out of her hair and as a reward I took her for starbucks and a small adventure. We drove five miles out into the country and found a field of sunflowers spanning one square mile! Now we are all fairly desensatized by tv and movies but this was an incredible sight. I kept thinking of the song by Jars of Clay that says, "In open fields of wildflowers she breathes the air and flies away..." I was breathless at the sight.
I am so glad that in one afternoon God blew me away by getting to share his love and being blown away by the beauty he created. I think it blew Jessey away too!
Wife, friend, kindergarten teacher, craft lover, worship leader and someone who is generally too interested in too many things. I love inspiring people and sharing the most savory bits of life with those closest to me.
"If I find in myself a desire which no experience in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that I was made for another world." -C.S.Lewis
Very cool, what an awesome day!
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