Remembering (precious memories)

Today I was walking outside at Southwestern.  At first I just wanted to get some exercise and it felt good outside.  Then I remembered that I had wanted to look for Kaycee's brick.  Kaycee was my really good friend and she had sarcoma cancer and went to be with Jesus.  I can't really explain what Kaycee meant to me.  I miss her all the time.  I wish I had taken at least one picture with her but I guess I thought she would always be around.  Sometimes I feel like I probably wasn't as good of a friend to her as she was to me.  She was always encouraging me and teaching me truths from the Bible and how to live more like Jesus.  She would always speak truth into my life.  When we first started meeting together to study a book called The Heart of the problem she told me that when she first saw me God told her that we would be friends.

January of 2017 I decided to go home to Arizona to take classes from Southwestern online.  At the time I had heard that they made a brick for Kaycee so before I left I wanted to look for her brick but I wasn't sure where it was and I couldn't seem to find it.  Since I've been back I've wanted to find her brick again.  I remembered today how I had wanted to do that so as I decided I would look for it while I walked.  I looked for it in one of the places I thought it might could be and it wasn't there.  Then I went back to the other places where it could be and as I was walking I was thinking I wonder if it could be here.  Right then as I looked down the first brick I saw was Kaycee's.  I really believe it was God helping me to find that brick.


I will always remember her and E and how they spoke truth into my life.  I remember when E met with me a few times in the prayer garden by Pecan Manor and how we would work on memorizing Scriptures together.  We talked about serving God and what that would look like and desiring to be married and being a godly woman and just things like that.  These friendships will forever impact my life and have shown me the kind of woman I desire to be--the kind of woman that pleases God.  I hope someday I can have that kind of impact on another girl's life and that I can be that kind of friend and help her to know what it means to be a woman who pleases God and who loves God and others.





Comments

  1. NinaSeptember 16, 2018 at 10:57 PM

    It sounds like Kaycee really was a blessing and really impacted your life. God is so good and He puts people like this friend into our lives to teach us so many things. Your campus is beautiful!

    ReplyDelete

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Perfect peace

Image
The wind. The rain. The clouds.  Sunsets.  Cool air. To some people those things might not bring a sense of peace and comfort but to me it’s amazing.  It’s so peaceful and beautiful.  I could stay outside all the time when it’s like that. Peaceful.  Calming.  But there’s a peace that’s even greater than that.  There is a peace that can only come from Christ.  There is a peace that passes all understanding. “The steadfast of mind You will keep in perfect  peace, Because he trusts in You.” Isaiah 26:3 "And the peace of God, which surpasses all [ a ] comprehension, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus."  Philippians 4:7 "Peace I leave with you; My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Do not let your heart be troubled, nor let it be fearful."  John 14:27   "O Lord , You have searched me and known me . You know [ a ] when I sit down and [ b ] when I rise up...
Read more

It’s a new year

Man I’ve turned 35.  I’m another year older. I guess it’s only downhill from here I guess or uphill haha.  I’d like to say I’m another year wiser and that I’m more like Christ and I definitely think I’m more like Christ. I think God has given me more wisdom also.  I’m just not anywhere near where I want to be.  Today was just another day really.  I didn’t really do much to celebrate it.  I went to Starbucks with a sweet friend who gave me a present.  I was kind of disappointed that I didn’t really have a party or anything even though other friends had had parties.  I realized that I was just being selfish and self focused. Sometimes I feel like I’m invisible or that people don’t notice me as much but even that is being self focused.  I was wanting a party so I could be with people and celebrate but I was also just wanting attention. I was thinking about this one time one of my friends Kaycee had one of our friends Laura make me a cake for m...
Read more

My journey of Faith and how God has guided me

Image
                           “A man’s heart plans his way but the Lord directs His steps.”  Proverbs 16:9 I’ve been thinking about this verse a lot lately and how true it has been in my life.  When I went home for Christmas after I graduated with my MDiv in Missions in December my plan was to find a biblical counseling internship somewhere.  I had looked different places but nothing had worked out. I looked on the biblical counseling website which is the website for the Association of Certified Biblical Counseling.  I had looked at Washington and it didn’t work out and I looked in Oregon and one of the first names I saw was Mitch Lamotte.  On December 29 I emailed Mitch Lamotte from Southwest Hills Baptist Church about doing a biblical counseling internship at their church.  He told me about the biblical counseling pastor at the church, Kerry Francetice. ...
Read more