An Article and a Memory
Argh! I’m going out of town this weekend, so I’m trying to get all my homework for this week done before I leave. However, my schedule was thrown way off whack when our electricity went out Sunday afternoon, and I couldn’t finish the last of my homework! So I haven’t even started this week’s homework because last night I was frantically trying to finish last week’s. Argh!Which should explain why I haven’t blogged of late. Life has been crazy, but through it all I have not forgotten about you, and I certainly have missed you. However, before I dive into some comtemplative reminiscing about blogging over the past year, I want to tell you how delighted I was to click onto ninetyandnine.com this morning and find a cover entitled Do Me a Favor – Tell Jesus I Love Him written by my dear friend John Lambeth (whom I know as “John-John”).
John-John is somewhat of a celebrity figure among the indie A/P circles I was born and raised in. His dad was -- and still is -- everybody's favorite missionary. We’d know we were always in for a treat when Bro. Lambeth came to our church with his good-looking son in tow! I became friends with John-John in my twenties at a church conference in Indiana when we hung out with the same group of friends.
John-John (and I hope he doesn’t mind me telling off on him) is not only one of the most spiritually gifted and deeply committed guys I know, but also possesses one of the sharpest wits of any guy my age that I know. Back when we hung out, he was an unfailingly happy-go-lucky guy somewhat inclined to practical jokes. (I’m sure he’s matured past that now, however!) At the last conference in Indiana I attended, at a surprise bithday party my friend Little Black Glasses threw me, John-John told me to come outside because he had a birthday present for me. When I did, he squirted me with the water hose!
That sort of kicked off a water fight in the early hours of the morning in the dead of Indiana winter. We were young and dumb back then, and there was quite a few people there that night. A lot of water was flying and things got somewhat out of hand. Finally, around four a.m. the guys left and we girls dozed off. I’ll never forget Little Black Glasses’ long-suffering mother getting up in the morning around eight and screeching, “Little Black Glasses! Why is there water all over the floor of my house???”
Oops. Did I mention we were really young and dumb back then?
Anyway, that was the memory brought to my mind this morning when I saw John’s name on the byline of the cover article, which you should definitely go read. It’s a beautiful article and one that is reflective of the sweet spirit John-John has. I wish him and his lovely wife Jessica all the best!
And we'll get to my blog reminiscing shortly.
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