This thought just occurred to me ... and I had to write it down!: PRICELESS

240 PRICELESS - Friday, August 28, 2009

Today began with an anticipation we had not known in some time – seeing dear friends absent from our lives for nearly fifteen years. Actually ‘friends’ is not expressive enough when I really think about it, for these are brother and sister in the Lord, and yet, even more. We have lived together in the same house, eaten numerous meals together, pulled all-nighters to do ministry of every description, rehearsed for hours upon endless hours to deliver tight harmonies and crisp cut-offs – we’ve laughed together, wept together and prayed together for many of you who now read these blogs. How do you describe that kind of friendship really? Deeper than friends – almost the sort of relationship that forms when people are married to each other which grows out of a mutual respect and commitment – a spiritual oneness that, unless you have been a part of something like it, is incomprehensible and unexplainable. These are the ‘friends’ with which we shared the day – eating, laughing, weeping (in the best kind of way while remembering those times past), praying, and reminiscing. We watched videos of bygone performances unable to control ourselves - we hummed ever so softly as our eyes gently closed and our faces involuntarily rotated heavenward in thanksgiving for this fleeting moment we were allowed to turn back the clock, relive some of those moments, and reunite. We can never really go back – but we can really remember how powerfully God can bind hearts and souls into a unified entity that transcends fifteen years and even more to bring us to a place where renewed fellowship is kind of like those Mastercard commercials – Priceless. Thanks, Kent and Deb, for the awesome time we shared.