The night after the grand opening

Yesterday we opened our new building at LBC. I got to speak in the service about my vision for the use of the new space, which was really just a way to talk about the three important things about student ministry for me...life change, choices, and memories. I felt like it was pretty unexciting, but many seemed to appreciate what I said, so that was cool. I just wish I was a great motivational speaker.....like I say to folks, I want to be Clayton King when I grow up. I have another friend in ministry that IS a great speaker, and I used to joke with him that one day I would write the sermons and he would deliver them. He does not need me to write them, that's for sure, and now he has some people that made a difference in my life getting to hear him each week, but enough of that..... Our new space is great...it's also lonely in the morning there. But this afternoon some kids came by and that was good.
Hey if anyone reads this, it would be cool to hear your comments on what friendship is all about. That has been on my mind alot the past couple of months. It's something I need to think about and pray about. There is an old saying that says "You don't know what you've got until it's gone" and that is so true. There is also something I used to say to my youth group in Beaufort all the time "You can never go back"....I've forgotten that saying through the years in my own life, and there are times I really do want to go back in time, but we can't....memory is a blessing and a curse. I used to tell kids that all the time because they would want to go back and relive a great camp or a great mission trip, and I would always say that we can never relive anything, but that God has new a great things to show us...Jeremiah 33:3, the verse that God imprinted on my heart 8 years ago when I was dealing with moving to Lexington...I did call to him and He did show me great and unsearchable things that I did not know, and two of those were my daughter, Jillian, and this new youth space....thanks for reading this rambling, and share with me your thoughts on friendship.
Keep Believing!
John