Jesus and Loneliness

Daniel is gone now.

...sigh....

It has been so amazing to have him here. He brought such life to our community, to our church, to our small groups. We got to witness explosive life be released. I've rarely seen God use someone in such a unique way. In only a couple of months God used Daniel to bring release and freedom not just to our family, not just our church but to many. Saskatchewan, Red Deer, Calgary, Edmonton... and the circles of influence move out from there... they continue to move.

We put him on the airplane this afternoon with only minor ripples. We had to rush him into the check in area only to have him sit in the airport until past 3:00pm. We left him at 1:00. Being stuck in the US Departures area of the Edmonton airport is less then exciting, let me tell you. I am well familiar with it. So to get stuck there for over two hours isn't what I'd call a good time.

So now I donate another deep friend back to Redding. Redding needs to share more.

I was reminded of the fierce closeness of friendship one can have. I miss that a lot. It can only happen when one is deep in the spirit and has authentic relationship with God Himself.

After we dropped Daniel off at the airport check in counter and he walked into customs I turned and began to talk with Jesus. The one thing that has really been beneficial after leaving Redding and my friends there is the need to walk that much closer with the Lord. He really is our source of love and acceptance. He really is the only one who can fill that hole we all feel.

When we feel the void that much stronger, we have the choice to walk that much closer to our Jesus. We can either feel the loneliness, or we can change that feeling of loneliness to energy of getting that much closer with our Savior.

This really can be a wonderful thing.

I miss my friend. I really love Jesus. These two things are wonderful.