My life is insane....I have been on this earth for 21 years. What makes up these years? What sticks out? Here are three of my most important life memories:
#1
Tuscarora Winter Weekend- I can't remember what year this was...i want to say 2006? Its Sunday night. We are sitting in the auditorium and had just heard the speaker give his message, and they begin to show this video. It is a simple video just a song being played with words running across the screen. The song "Arms of Love" by Kutless. The words that were on the screen escape my mind but I remember reading them and breaking down. I remember the message of the words was saying something to the extent if you feel unloved, or unwanted God is there for you. At this moment in life this shook me to the core. I was bailing, crying my heart out, feeling so alone. This moment was the beginning of a very hard year for me, the year of pain and loneliness. But throughout that year I learned that God was there for me...which brings me to moment 2.
#2
August 2006. Four teenagers invade my world. Four amazing people that brought me out of a downward spiral. I had gone to some hardware store with this group to buy paint and one of the girls, Adrienne, comes up to me and says "I think we are gonna be good friends" Never have such truer words had been spoken. Those two weeks that i spent with my four new friends where the best two weeks of my teenage years. These friends helped me to see that i was loved, wanted and appreciated. They replaced all the lies that i have been told with their love! I will never forget that first moment.
#3
September 2008. First Campus Focus Trip ever. Woodfest. Saturday night. Jen Vrooman had just given her testimony and i was trying to hold back tears as i walked to the dinning hall, to sort out my thoughts. Clearly i must have looked pathetic because, this random girl came up to me and said "Would you like to talk?" I was embarrassed to say yes but i did. This girl didn't know my name or story. But she sat and listened to my story. My failures, my problems. I had never had someone do this with me. A stranger had never cared this much. I remembering introducing myself after the cry fest, but i couldn't remember the girls name. Then a few weeks later she walks into my small group. I am shocked. This girl who had given me a chance and a shoulder to cry on was Laura. My sister throughout my college years.
I am sure there are many more significant memories. These stick out at the moment...
What is your life look like? What moments make you who you are?
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