I am overwhelmed by the kindness of God. Last week, people from the East and West Coasts flew in for our Austin church's 15th anniversary and reunion. These people knew me when I first came to our Austin church in college. So seeing their faces transported me back to my 18-year-old self, and I remembered the many joys and low points of my college days. Indeed fun times and many dumb and dumber moments that I oddly get excited to share about when I'm with them. And also a reminder of my cringe-worthy, reckless, and lost times. I was all over the place with my emotions, desires, and purpose. Just a typical college student.
So being with my friends and mentors from my college years and early 20s made it more apparent to me how God is so good! I'm thankful God graciously led me to Him through these people, His church. He provided the loving protection through those relationships that I desperately needed. I didn't fully appreciate those relationships back then, but now I treasure them.
Looking back at last weekend, I am grateful for the love and sacrifice many returnees from this past weekend have poured into the soil I stand on today. I witnessed many salvations, including miraculous ones like my own. And I saw those same lives transformed because of Jesus year after year. It was a heartwarming reminder of God's faithfulness to me and the rest of the church. When I’m in the valleys, I hope my heart will resurface the glowing memory of our church's 15th-year reunion weekend when I feasted on God's love, patience, and kindness through those relationships.
“And Mephibosheth the son of Jonathan, son of Saul, came to David and fell on his face and paid homage. And David said, “Mephibosheth!” And he answered, “Behold, I am your servant.” And David said to him, “Do not fear, for I will show you kindness for the sake of your father Jonathan, and I will restore to you all the land of Saul your father, and you shall eat at my table always.” And he paid homage and said, “What is your servant, that you should show regard for a dead dog such as I?””
