talk about OUCH!
I am truly sorry if the comments you read about my journey have made you feel bad in any way.
my comments were NEVER aimed at a particular pastor, minister, or group of people. certainly not at OBC. people and students were and still are my passion, just not religion, which is what I got my hands full of later on.
please forgive me if you were offended. now you can send me an e-mail so we can catch up, see how you are, where you are going to college, what your plnas are, and if you still have a passion for middle schoolers...and talk about what Jesus is doing in your life. it is plain to see what He is doing in mine...messing me up!
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Hello Anonymous! A note from Sheri.
Please know that one of the true joys we have had throughout our ministries, at all the churches we have had the priviledge to minister, were you the students! We are thankful for getting to be a small part of your lives. I still look at our memory book you guys made us and wonder how each of you are doing. Praying that God is a part of your lives.
Most of what we are talking about now is this past year when God has shaken up our world - brought us out of our religious routine we had gotten in and complacency in our personal lives. We are out there on the edge of faith right now and it is very different.
Please know Jeff never meant those comments to be hurtful or personal - Our memories from OBC are so special to us! We love you!
Well, to all who will listen, this is a testiment to who Jeff is and what I've seen in him the past 10 years. I have been challenged greater by this man's life than by any other human that I have met. I have never wanted to have my walk with God to be like any other person more than him. And to see God totally take hime to another level of this life is amazing and heartbreaking at the same time. Let me clarify. If the man I have known over the last 10 years has through Bible study and prayer realized that his walk was not what it should be according to Christ, I have to examine my own walk even more seriously. If I looked up to him before, it is with great awe I consider him now. Not to ever focus on a man, God forbide! I guess my point is that I don't understand how criticism can be aimed at him for his honest approach to a relationship to Christ. I don't know anyone who has ever spent more than 60 seconds with Jeff who thinks he is fake. I don't know of any experience I have had with him where he has put on heirs. Hopefully to put all this into perspective, Jeff I am challenged daily by you and Sheri and your commitment to Christ. It is God within you that is working I can see it. I would never try to give you props or let you ego be fed, but I see no selfish or prideful motives in your "experiment". I see only a brother truly seeking. I am seeking also. I am not one to jump on a bandwagon or follow any man. But I am searching for a walk like yours. I know Christ has more for me. I know He is real and this life is fleeting. I know that the eternal things cannot be seen or measured. I am looking forward to this world being history. I am seeking Him. God bless you all!
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