So, this past weekend has probably been one of the craziest weekends I've ever been through. A friend of mine had passed away last Tuesday night and we had his wake and funeral this past weekend. My prayers and support go out to all of his family and friends that were close to him.
I want to talk about this a little bit though. Nick Duncan was an amazing person in himself. I only knew him from the middle of the summer to his passing, but in this short amount of time I got to know enough of him to miss him dearly. I met him at Youth Camp in June this summer. He was a co-dorm leader with one of my best friends. I didn't talk to him that much until we got back from camp and he showed up to our church that next Sunday morning for the first time. After that he started showing up every morning and then started coming to our youth meetings every Wednesday night. After hanging out with him a lot I got to know him a little bit more, but I'll admittedly say that I didn't get to hang out with him as much I wanted to now. He had liver cancer for about a year and a half I believe, but you would have never of known it. He would go and do everything could and live life to the fullest because he could have cared less if he had cancer or not. He cared more about others lives than he did about his own, and it shows to this day.
About a month ago he was put into a hospice house because the doctors thought he would be passing within the next week. But Nick was the kind of person that never gave up on anything. He held strong against the pain and fought for the next month until he thought is was time. He passed away last Tuesday, the 2nd of December. That is a day I will never forget. The whole weekend was dedicated to Nick and his family, because I was given the opportunity to make some videos for the funeral and that was a true blessing in itself.
After the funeral and burial I started to thinking about life, and how it is so fragile. I believe people tend to take it for granted and don't think about how important it is to live. God has given us an amazing life to live, and for this short amount of time on earth, I'm going to live it! It's sad in a way to took the death of a friend to make me realize this, but in a way I have to thank Nick for showing me how important a life for God really is.
I'm starting to live life, and having no regrets, because that's the way God intended it to be.
R.I.P. Nick Duncan, you will be missed!
"and don't resent me and when you're feeling empty keep me in your memory."
"and I'll praise you in this storm and I will lift my hands for you are who you are no matter where I am; and every tear I cried you hold in your hand, you never left my side, and though my heart is torn, I will praise you in this storm."
Monday, December 8, 2008
Tuesday, December 2, 2008
First Post
Hey everybody, whats up!
This is my first post in the blogging world. I hear it's the new thing and I really love expressing my opinion, but I'm just not the best with words. Hopefully this will help!
Worshiping Recklessly
So we're coming towards the end of the year and it's been an amazing one. In the last 9+ months I've been able to start doing what I love and I absolutely love it! I've only been doing it for a short amount of time and still have so much to learn but I can't imagine doing anything else.
But anyways, to the topic.
Today I was talking with a good friend and mentor and we started watching a video from Hillsong Church and it was one of the worship songs off of their This Is Our God DVD, and we kind of just started watching the way they worship. We watched for a little bit and I was basically in awe of how care free they were and how all they wanted to do is worship God and nothing else for that night. We started talking about how much emotion everybody there was showing. I started to think about how awesome it would be to see people around here worship with emotion and carelessness. I understand that people have there own identity and everything but that doesn't mean that people have to be a potato spud and just stand there.
So we're coming up on a new year and I plan to start working on my own emotion in worship and how I should recklessly go after God.
"With everything, with everything, we will shout forth your praise!"
This is my first post in the blogging world. I hear it's the new thing and I really love expressing my opinion, but I'm just not the best with words. Hopefully this will help!
Worshiping Recklessly
So we're coming towards the end of the year and it's been an amazing one. In the last 9+ months I've been able to start doing what I love and I absolutely love it! I've only been doing it for a short amount of time and still have so much to learn but I can't imagine doing anything else.
But anyways, to the topic.
Today I was talking with a good friend and mentor and we started watching a video from Hillsong Church and it was one of the worship songs off of their This Is Our God DVD, and we kind of just started watching the way they worship. We watched for a little bit and I was basically in awe of how care free they were and how all they wanted to do is worship God and nothing else for that night. We started talking about how much emotion everybody there was showing. I started to think about how awesome it would be to see people around here worship with emotion and carelessness. I understand that people have there own identity and everything but that doesn't mean that people have to be a potato spud and just stand there.
So we're coming up on a new year and I plan to start working on my own emotion in worship and how I should recklessly go after God.
"With everything, with everything, we will shout forth your praise!"
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