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Sunday, October 7, 2012

Blessed

Occasionally you wake up and just realize how amazingly blessed you are. The past week has been like that for me. Christ commands us to love everyone. At times it is difficult to love those around you. And other times it is extremely easy and blessed to have the community and fellowship of believers you love.

It started last weekend when a few of the people I have served with in Alaska all came to College Station. We went to the football game, it was fun to share our crazy Aggie traditions with those who don't know anything about being an Aggie.

After the game we all went back to the guys house and just chilled all afternoon and evening. It is not often that a group of college students will come together and be real with each other. We talked and laughed, told stories and caught up on life, watched movies and slept. I will always look back and know that weekend was an amazing gift. Some of these people I have worked next to for 100s of hours in a summer, others I barely know, but they are all a blessing in my life.

The amazing blessings in life continued this week. A great Bible study with a group of people who aren't scared to stay until midnight studying God's word. Not just one night, but nearly every week.

A short road trip and an amazing night of fellowship came Friday night. To be able to sit at dinner with a couple I know and love. To be able to talk with them about what we have been studying in Job, or where my life is going or could go. To be given so much encouragement and wisdom.  The whole night was full of laughter.

Having people around me that I can be real with and know genuinely care about me. Who can encourage and support me when I have no idea what to do in life.

People are a blessing, at times it is just difficult to be open and real with people. Living life in such a way that people know who I am. Who God has made me and how he is continuing to build and grow me into someone more like him.