First off I would just like to say this is my first blog and i'm really hoping that I don't mess this up or do anything stupid on here haha. I love writing things and discussing about topics with people, and just kind of sharing my insight and opinion on certain topics, or events that have happened in my life or in someone else's life; or just the world in general. When I post a blog and talk about something I am never going to try and bash anyone, or any group of people, so I would please ask that you give me the same respect and don't bash what I'm saying; let's just have a conversation about it. I'm going to do my best to give everyone respect in what they believe, think, feel, etc, so I please ask that you do the same for me, even if you don't agree on a topic with me. If I ever say something that completely offends someone I will most certainly apologize ASAP.
With all of this being said......
I used the name of this post "Amazing Transformations" because I am a very strong Christian and try my hardest to be solid in my faith, even though I screw up on a daily basis. I have gone through amazing transformations in my walk/relationship with Christ many times, and I am so grateful for all of them because they brought me to where I am today, but I don't want to talk about any transformation I've had, I want to talk about a transformation one of my best friend's has been having.
I met this buddy of mine about 2 years ago going to school and we just started hanging out with a huge group of guys, there were about 11 of us. It was crazy how we all met and just clicked; it's one of the best group of friends I've ever been a part of; it really became more of a family. But anyways, we all partied and smoked cigarettes, and anything else you can think of, all the time. It was what we did for fun, and we made a lot of memories.....even though we can't all remember them. Then the group of friends started to not be as close, and after one year we really all stopped hanging out except for a few of us.
Right after this was when I went through my awesome transformation with God and just grew so much in Him, and really started seeking to understand more about Him, and how to be close in my walk with Him. So I was doing my thing, straightening up my life, and my buddy started asking me all these question's about stuff, and we talked about everything. He and I could sit somewhere and talk till 3am every night about so much stuff, it was pretty crazy. But awesome, because he kept just seeking stuff out and starting to see things and understand what God was really about and was really trying to do in his life, and everyone's life.
Sometimes I felt like what we talked about he wasn't really understanding what we were talking about, because he would say one thing when we talked about God, and then do the complete opposite, which is cool, I respect his and everyone's free right to do whatever they want, but by what I believe I just didn't want to see one of my best friends end up in Hell. I would never want anyone to end up there.
Then this past fall something crazy happened. My buddy went out drinking with some people and went to the bars downtown, and just got smashed. Long story short, he ended up blackout drunk, walking around in the neighbor beside the bars, ended up walking into someone's house while they were sleeping on the couch, and ultimately ended up in jail. But the crazy thing is how positive he was when he came out of the situation. He called me and was talking about how lucky he was, and I was just like....."Dude, that story doesn't sound like it has any luck in it at all!" But he came back and was just like, no, that guy could have shot me or something when I walked into his house, and I could have gotten breaking and entering charges, burglary, and everything, but I only got a ticket for public drunkenness.
This totally opened my eyes. He was soooo right. He talked about how God really protected him in that time, and kept the worst from happening to him. After all the times that I had talked to him, trying to help him with his relationship with Christ, he totally taught me so much in that moment, and just showed how he trusts God, and how he saw that God was there even though at a time like that he could have asked God why he wasn't there and why he didn't protect him. I mean honestly, that's what I would have done. But my buddy taught me so much, and it was there that I saw how far he had come, and how much of an amazing, and awesome, transformation he went through.
I am so thankful to God for friends like this...
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