people keep telling me i should write a book.

so i just wrote a whole lot and then erased the whole thing...with a plan to do something different...lets see how this goes

annnnnnnnnnnddddd ACTION:

im going to tell you about my day...im not going to write much, if anything, about God....but in almost everything i tell you about today...i want you to see the Truth revealed...about how it IS with God and me...and how it SHOULD be...there are many parallels...or thats the plan anyway


maggie and sarah are sick, they have been for a couple of days

i love them and so of course i wanted them to be better and was willing to do anything i could to help that along...everything i did just didnt seem like it was enough...i loved them and wanted them to know that...so i wanted to do more...i didnt want to skip over something that they needed...clearly MY orange juice and laundry services could help them

i went to wal mart for them
i went to wal mart with them
i went to kroger for them
i brought chocholate, soup, and ginger ale
i brought medicine...i even kept the time schedule when they should be taking it
i did their laundry
i cleaned their room
i lysoled every touchable surface
i went searching at multiple dorms for certain drink requests and fruit snacks
i offered them every type of medical advice i could remember my mom giving me

i came back to the apartment after 11ish hours of playing dr. mardis feeling pretty good about myself...i mean, i had just earned some major good person points, kate points, friend points, and christian points. i was pretty happy.

and then i started wondering if they felt like that too...if they were sitting in the dorm in awe of my amazingness...i just knew that i had moved up a whole lot of rungs on their "people we love alot" ladders

and then another thought...the times that friendships change and grow and impact lives the most are the days that the only items used are a coke, a couch, and some good conversation.
the times when my friends dont want me to leave isnt when im lysoling a lightswitch or making up a bed...its when there has been no hault to talking since we first came into contact that day...it isnt when im pouring them something to drink or heating soup...its when a moment has been shared where you both know that youre now one door closer to the center of their heart....it isnt when you fix a broken dvd or show them the coolest new ipod app...its when tears and hugs are many but pain and lonliness is not....anymore


certainly Love produces actions
but never the other way around.



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