One of the greatest gifts I have received through my life is not financial stability, health, knowledge, etc. My friend once brought to light the things that matter most to me. Stefan, my old room mate told me God’s gift of wisdom for me, how I had wisdom and insight into my life and into others. By him explaining this he told me the importance of my friendship. You see two years ago we we’re strangers, I tried to live elsewhere but was placed by God into him dorm building. Through the months Stefan Walker and Josh Bernards became the two best guy friends I had ever had. Its these two men that act as the iron in my life; because as iron sharpens iron, so one
man sharpens another. There is no simplistic way to explain the love of a friend, just as there is no simple way to explain the meaning of these two guys in my life.
Words are given to us by the Lord so that we can paint an elegant image, so that we can help the human imagination to piece together a master piece. I want to try and explain the
unexplainable, to illustrate the importance of a few guys in my life that led to a great growth in my maturity, wisdom, love, and general knowledge.
Stefan Walker and Josh Bernards are nothing alike... throw me in the mix and you have three friends that became brothers, three friends that became in separable, three friends that became some of each others best friends.
Whether it was late nights listening to music, talking through our computers voices, or putting post its all over the walls... stefan was one of my best friends in a heartbeat. which is saying a lot considering i haven't had a guy best friend that was good for me..... ever! Josh and I would game at all hours of the night, share a love for music, love getting to go out and eat, and my favorite was our joy for the simple things in life (being able to go for a walk, glance at the stars, etc.). Now its worth nothing that although the three of us are different, we all ended up loving the same things and rarely was it ju
st two of us together, it was always the three of us. Its truly impossible to list the memories of all of the great times, and especially impossible to say which of these great godly men are my favorite.
If i look upon my fathers life, i see exactly what i hope and will strive for. a life long friendship with the men in his life that are important, the men in his life that help him grow, the men in his life that act as his giants (if i see far its because i stand on the shoulders of giants). There are many people i can think of that i want to stay in my life, men and women alike. Stefan and Josh are at the top of this list. they are the rare friends a person only dreams of, the kind of friend people hope for but may never find.
My goal in life is to accomplish the works of the Lord, to bring happiness to my friends and family, and to bring a sense of success to myself. i know with complete certainty that i wont be able to achieve any of these things without God as my driver, and these two men as my navigators. It's with this realizations that i must be careful of my actions, i must be thoughtful to the thoughts of them and of myself. i expect great things of myself, and i expect wondrous things from Stefan and Josh... I'm hoping i can see these astonishing lives unfold over the years.
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