Beat Down.
Angry.
Heart grown cold.
Bitter.
Life. Life happens... sometimes it's a good life and sometimes it's not so good. It seems that for those of us whose life is not so good, it's easy to see everyone else as "better" or more "blessed". That's just not the truth of it. It's just life. We all have our hurts, our failures, our pain. We all make the choices we make to either stand up and walk with purpose through the challenges we face or we choose to sit down in fear and go nowhere.
This past Sunday (August 22, 2010), our little group of friends came together and stood side by side with our brother Aaron as he made a choice to stand strong; to fight against his own human nature to give up. He chose to stand tall and rededicate his life to a better purpose... a better PROMISE.
We witnessed a reminder of strength and of purpose. We choose to stand... and take this life on-- One painful and blessed step at a time.
love you brice! you won't be surprised to know that you brought a tear to my eye... miss you.
ReplyDeletesteph
Brice, this is so awesome! Bob and Sam and Sara were baptized the same day! Bob had never been baptized and he wanted to pave the way for his kids. It was a touching moment. And it's so neat that Bob and Aaron share that day, too! The pictures rock. Love you.
ReplyDeleteOh Boy... I have always wanted this for us. Our band of Brothers must fight for a purpose and I never never knew for what but because of God's whisper to me and me overcoming my stubborn pride and to obey, it was all realized in one fell swoop. All I did was obey and all fears fell away and His love cast a net to others. FREEDOM!
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