After Gatlinburg

We had a great trip to Winter Conference with Crossroads Ministries...Brent Gambrell was the greatest, go hear him if you ever get a chance. I asked the people on the trip to read this blog, because when we write we can pour out our souls...and sometimes I do that. This weekend my oldest child Alana will be 18 years old and I can hardly believe it...it will be her first birthday away from me since she will be in Nashville TN auditioning for college...I can't believe how fast time goes by...this is also the week that we moved to Lexington 8 years ago...where does 8 years go and why does it happen so fast? And next week the anniversary of something that changed my life as a youth pastor, the death of a young person in my group, will come around again...I'll be sharing more about that Sunday night. If you read this, let me know. Leave me a comment. Thanks for reading my thoughts. God has brought another cool person into my life that will come to work with us this summer, Brett, and I look forward to getting to know him better. I told the group on the bus, God does not bring people into our lives to replace others...He brings them in so we can love them, learn more about who He is in their lives, and so that they can teach us more about who we are...he brings them in so we can share life together, support and comfort each other...."Rejoice with those who rejoice, mourn with those who mourn." We are all in this together...Thank you, God, for the people you have brought into my life, even the ones who are no longer physically here...somehow a part of them will always be present with me. AMEN