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In some "zen" type of attempt to close a circle which began several years ago, Jeff and I hosted a Pre-Thanksgiving "Linner" for about 22 people this afternoon.
The "INVITEES" were mostly comprised of the original members of a small group formed as an effort to stem the lameness of the fine arts in the "church". This effort soon failed and was replaced by a move of the Holy Spirit to create a SERIOUSLY odd "family" led by an old chick and a revolutionary. It didn't take too long to before we all began to realize that the old chick might ALSO be a revolutionary ...and the revolutionary might just be wise beyond his years.
This move was of course hidden from us at the time.....
cause that's the way God rolls.
ANYWAY..... As you all know we are TRYING to move to Washington State. Because of this we will be hosting several different social events in order to spend as MUCH time as possible with the friends we have made in the eight and a half years we have lived here. We have to break it up into chunks though because we have so MANY friends. Today was the first event.
So.... one balmy June night several years ago several people met in our living room to discuss fine arts in the church...and why in OUR opinion is SUCKS. It was me and some kids???..... youth???.... young adults???......people lacking in years???
Since then two of these young people have graduated from college, two have gotten married, one has had a child, one is engaged and has started his own business, and one is getting ready to graduate from High School.
We also rotated in....and out...upwards to 25 OTHER people....settling at a consistent 20 or so. Within THIS group of people we have had two MORE marriages, a baby on the way, the OTHER half of that new business, three MORE college graduations, ANOTHER almost High School graduation, and one of our members now tours with an up and coming band.
We have gone through births, deaths, illnesses, weddings, loss of jobs, the start of new jobs, and at LEAST seven out of country trips...that I can think of right off the top of my head. We have gone to each others plays, concerts and family gatherings of ALL sorts. The most recent being an engagement party on Friday night.
We consist of Mothers, Fathers, Brothers, Sisters, Couples, Singles, Writers, Artists, Vocalists,Actors, Musicians, Photographers, Nurses, Teachers,Engineers, Baristas and students.
We have shared tents, condos, apartments and houses and more than one wayward son has moved out of town and then moved back...and a couple brought their future wives back with them!!!
We have gone on camping trips, day trips and to more than a dozen movies. We have watched even more movies and a couple dozen episodes of "Lost" on TV. We have played lots of games, have shared lots of music, read lots of books together and have had a LEAST a dozen "family" dinners.
We have taken hundreds of photographs, prayed for each other,picked each other up at the airport, chatted online until the wee hours of the morning, sent hundreds of texts, used thousands of cell phone minutes ......and I personally have baked a million cookies, consumed several hundred Rock Stars and sent an UNCOUNTABLE number of emails in order to "wrangle" this ever changing, ever growing family.
So .....this is what I learned this afternoon...... There is no EARTHLY way on God's green earth that we are EVER going to be able to close this "circle"!! How do you close or try to create an end to something that continues to grow change and become stronger with each passing day!?!?!??
What am I supposed to do......quit caring, not come back for future graduations or weddings, not bake cookies,not rejoice at the births of the newest members of our "family", not pray for future illnesses, exams and jobs or weep at future deaths?
GET REAL PEOPLE! I'll just have to mail the cookies....and some cards. We'll all use more cell phone minutes, chat on line more, send more texts, and we'll have to plan some more road trips.
It has been said that the quote, "Blood is thicker than water." does NOT mean what we have been led to believe. It actually means, "The blood of Christ is thicker than the water of the womb."
This I know is truth .... for there is no other way that a group of "rebels" seeking to eliminate mediocrity from within our body......
became a family.
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