First Love

Having been practically born and raised in church, it is sometimes too easy to take for granted my relationship with the Lord.  This week, a friend of my husband contacted him for a lunch meeting because he had had an encounter with God.  This young man had been open to spiritual things, but his philosophy ran more along the lines of New Age thinking. My husband had been taking music lessons from him, and shared a little about his faith with him from time to time when the opportunity arose.  At lunch he told Philip excitedly about how he had encountered the Living God in a "physical, full-body (put me on the ground at the...park) kind of way."  Before, he had just listened politely and commented here and there, but the passion with which he shared his story just made us both smile and remember the initial excitement that we had when we first came face to face with the Creator of the Universe.  We are looking forward to spending time encouraging and supporting this young man as he begins his journey!  I love how his passion helps ours to burn brighter as well.  It's contagious!