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Thank You could NEVER be enough...

I spent the afternoon and lunch hour with a life long dear friend of mine yesterday. This is the type of friend that you see very rarely but none the less it seemed like only yesterday that you saw them last. The type of friend where the stories of our past just keep on coming. The kind of friend that you can share anything with and no matter the situation, you are always accepted with open arms and love.


You see, I grew up with this friend. Starting in the pre-teen years and never really skipping a beat until we grew older and went on with our own personal lifes. Even now living in our own realms we get that occassional opportunity to meet up and share what is going on with us.


The reason for my blog? Mostly for myself to always keep in reminder how blessed I was and continue to be. Blessed how you say? Well the obvious is the friend but it goes much deeper than that. The friends are always a plus but the memories that come with the friends are equally priceless. In this case, the memories are all positives. I seriously can not come up with one negative memory of our times. Wow! That is true. NO NEGATIVE. Can that really be?


So, is it enough to simply mention that this friendship (intwined with many others involved as well) is notable and something that only some people dream to possess during this short time on earth? I don't really think so. What was it, or is it, that made this friendship so memorable and of great value? There is one MAJOR common bond. Bethany First Church of the Nazarene. To take it one step further it would be the youth director thrity plus years ago that played such an integral part in our lives. Dwayne Edwards!


So, I spent a good part of yesterday talking with my friend about how this man, Dwayne Edwards, was able to give us the opportunity to carry memories for the rest of our lives. How, he knew just the right things to plan in order to create a "community", as my friend put it, within our youth group. This community brought a whole flock of young teens together, from every walk of live, to share a common ground. I slightly remember a t-shirt that we all wore that best represents this common ground. It simply said one word... "AGAPE". Yep, The love of God!

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