Life on Yavin IV: There's no "I" in Frends

Life on Yavin IV

Hello there. I'm Jedi Knight G. Since the creation of the New Jedi Order by Master Skywalker, the Jedi have been free to take part in previously forbidden activities. One of those being Marriage. The following are the tales of my experiences being married with children. May the force be with you...G.

7.28.2005

There's no "I" in Frends

For the handfull of people that read this blog (maybe that's a bit of a stretch). For the guy that reads this blog, yeah you, you know who you are. Eventually your satellite will find it's signal again and you'll be able to continue your marathon session of 'Pimp My Ride' and be saved from the babble that continues to flow through my fingers. But until then, I've added a couple of new links. Both are good friends that God has blessed me with.

Now you may be wondering..."hmm. Did he skip grammer class, fall on his head, or just possibly be a little wierd, cause there is an "I" in "Friends".' To answer your question. Yes, I'm wierd. As many would be quick to point out, but I didn't say "Friends" - I said "Frends" (pronounce - "FrrrrrEnds" roll the R with a Heavy emphasis on the Ends or just FUR-ENDS).

I wanted to do a blog about my frends, but I can't fit them all in a blog. I'll give each one there on blog as the appropriate time arises. At this time I just wanted to point out the two that I have linked to. In trying to decide a title for this entry I was thinking about what could best describe them. The old motto there's no "I" in team for some reason came into my head. I applied it to friends and realized, while figuratively that is correct, grammatically it's inaccurate. So I took it upon myself to change it. Hey, with all the crazy slang that's being spread through all the media, I figured this couldn't be as bad as most. I mean c'mon. "It's gett'n hot in H'er", "Right th'er", "Thang"...etc. Must I continue. So Frends has a good chance of catching on. Sure we all have a lot of friends, but how many of us have "Frends". The one's who stand beside you no matter what, the one's who have your back, the one's who allow you to be completely transparent and still be Frends with you...A FREND!

That's what I think about when I think of my frend Brandon (I will refer to him as B from here on out; eventually I'll have enough frends to say the alphabet) B is a good friend. We've been frends since 7th grade (that's 20yrs WOW!) There's no "I" in him at all. He has a true servant's heart. He is currently a youth minister at a local area church here. He's got a big heart for youth and it shows. God has blessed him with this great gift of connecting to the younger generation. He's very creative in his approach to reach them, (sometimes almost as creative as me) Whoops...sorry B, you know how my head gets sometimes. But seriously he's very gifted in the area of insight. He can take an ordinary moment from any given day and find a piece of God in it. It's awesome. I mean I know God is omnipresent and I know He's always here, but to vocalize it and write it as well as He can, I'm not sure I could. He makes God tangible in his devotions. B is not only a close frend and a brother, but he's also a spritual mentor to me, whether he knows it or not. His life encourages me to strive harder at maintaining my relationship with God. And it does need maintenance. Thanks B. You are a true brother, and whether you have realized it or not you have encouraged and challenged me in ways that you'll never know. Thank you. Check out his blog. It's a new blog so currently it's thin in the writing area, but visit it now and again and I'm sure you'll find fresh insight and encouragement just as I have. Now the blog is geared toward his youth and promoting interaction and discussion among them, so keep that in mind.

The next link belongs to Travis Cardwell. I met Travis trough my wife's family. He's my wife's 1st cousin's husband. So I guess that makes us Cousin-in-laws. Doesn't matter, because in the short time I've known Travis or "T" (one letter closer) we've become close. We're not able to see each other much for geographical reasons, but whenever we do, it's as if no time has passed at all, we just pick it up and go. Travis is a great guy. He too is a minister with strong convictions. You can tell that by reading just the first couple of sentences in his blog. He too, like B, has a gift of ministering and teaching. I read his blogs often and find things that help me in my walk. Keep it up "T" you're doing a great work. Let me take this opportunity to encourage you to continue on your journey to Christlikeness.

Now I know this isn't my typical blog. I'm more of a humor type person who doesn't like to get too deep or emotional, but sometimes I need to. Sometimes, I believe we need to let others know just how much we care for them and how much they mean to us. This life is short "a vapor" so take the time to encourage those around you and tell them how you feel. I look forward to sharing with all of you the many people in my life that God has blessed me with. So with that let me say...Go COWBOYS! whew. Sorry about that. I have this thing about staying too serious for too long. I have to break it up in spurts. Yeah, it's a hang up...but that's who I am...just G. And you know what? My Frends accept that and that's why they're my FRENDS!

G.

posted by G. @ 1:16 AM

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