So In a very few short hours I will be on my way to St. Louis to go to basic training. This is my last blog post until Christmas time. I'm sorry I don't have my mailing address, but if you've given my yours I will send you something whenever I get there and know my address. I'm not sure if I'm excited or scared or sad or happy about leaving for this... haha. Probably some of each. =)
I know that God is with me just the same over there as He is here.
There's a Michael W. Smith song that I like a lot called "friends"
Packing up the dreams God planted
In the fertile soil of you
Can't believe the hopes He's granted
Means a chapter in your life is through
But well keep you close as always
It wont even seem you've gone
cause our hearts in big and small ways
Will keep the love that keeps us strong
Chorus:
And friends are friends forever
If the Lord's the Lord of them
And a friend will not say never
cause the welcome will not end
Though its hard to let you go
In the Father's hands we know
That a lifetimes not too long to live as friends.
With the faith and love God's given
Springing from the hope we know
We will pray the joy you'll live in
Is the strength that now you show
But well keep you close as always
It wont even seem you've gone
cause our hearts in big and small ways
Will keep the love that keeps us strong
Although I'll be gone for a few months, you will all be in my thoughts, so it will seem as if you're right there with me :) I have a lot of maturing to do while I'm away, and hopefully I'll come back twice the man that I am now. Just don't any of you change too much on me! lol I ask for a special blessing on each of you in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, that life may go well for you, and the time of these next few months may be one of strengthening and betterment to both you and I. Hopefully sometime around the beginning of November I will have my cell phone, so I'll be calling around a lot more to let people know how I'm doing (if they want to know..;P)
Galatians 5:16-18
I say, then: live by the Spirit and you will certainly not gratify the desire of the flesh. |
For the flesh has desires against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; these are opposed to each other, so that you may not do what you want |
But if you are guided by the Spirit, you are not under the law. |
Hebrews 12:14
Strive for peace with everyone, and for that holiness without which no one will see the Lord.
Hope you all have a wonderful time without me! lol I'm sure you will.. but before you know it I'm going to be back again, terrorizing the world... J/K but anyway, I know that the same God sees me when I pray as the one who sees you. I'll be seeing the same stars at night, the same sun in the day, and praying to the same God.
I give you my final goodbye in the words of the apostle Paul:
2 Timothy 4:22
The Lord be with your spirit. Grace be with all of you.
