I've learned you really can't go home again.
You can't take back your growth, just as others can't take back theirs. Which leads to pain and to joy as we grow together. Sometimes, however, we grow together separately.
To be a Christian means to live with constant longing; a longing for the only true home that we will ever know- a home that we have captured in glimpses and shadows in the lives of those friends with whom we are bound in Christ.
What makes it all worthwhile is that I have tried to follow the feet of God, knowing that to touch a life, however transient it may seem, is to begin an eternal relationship. Just as those new faces have joined with the old to shape my life, offering even more input than I into this "Jeremy" creature, so they continue to shape my thoughts and prayers.
I mourn those who are far away, either in this world or those who have crossed the Border to the other side of the sea, but they are not lost. They are only absent. Nothing of any real value is truly able to perish forever.
We shall meet again.
Old friends, new friends, and future friends:
Welcome to my thoughts.
You can't take back your growth, just as others can't take back theirs. Which leads to pain and to joy as we grow together. Sometimes, however, we grow together separately.
To be a Christian means to live with constant longing; a longing for the only true home that we will ever know- a home that we have captured in glimpses and shadows in the lives of those friends with whom we are bound in Christ.
What makes it all worthwhile is that I have tried to follow the feet of God, knowing that to touch a life, however transient it may seem, is to begin an eternal relationship. Just as those new faces have joined with the old to shape my life, offering even more input than I into this "Jeremy" creature, so they continue to shape my thoughts and prayers.
I mourn those who are far away, either in this world or those who have crossed the Border to the other side of the sea, but they are not lost. They are only absent. Nothing of any real value is truly able to perish forever.
We shall meet again.
Old friends, new friends, and future friends:
Welcome to my thoughts.
- Last seen on Oct 27 4:01 PM. Member since November 29, 2002.
- I'm a onyx dragon poet for 713 comments.
- My mood is , and quote is "pensive, but not quite poetic".
- I am a 26 year old man (Canada)
- When I'm not writing, I'm a lover of people.
- Visit my homepage at kevan.org/brain.cgi?Jer%20Mac
- I have 713 comments, 129 poems
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Nikki Durant on September 30, 2008Hey Jer. Long time no see. Are you back in Canada now? I'm still working away at good old ABU, but I'm graduating this year if all goes as planned.
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KristaChic : Where are You NOW? on June 20, 2008Hey there, it has been a long time, I just got on today myself, I think It's been years, When you focus your energy on paying bills it's hard to find time to write. Anyway Where are you now??? Looking for an update. ~K
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Nikki Durant on November 11, 2007Hey there. I saw you at school the other day, and to my surprise and displeasure, you didn't come and say hi to me...
But its okay, you're still my favorite youth pastor. (see my poem youth pastor for the referece, its old, 2 years old to be precise)
*hugs*
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The Bard : Welcome "home" on August 22, 2007Jeremy... welcome back to Canada eh! I know a little of your experience in returning... I was away for only 8 months, but even that creates a separation. I also leave behind new friends that I found there: in church, in the local CMA chapter, at work. But then, that's my life it seems... to be here and there without roots.
I am glad you can spend more time with Sarah and Jeremy... et al.
Take care my friend... and if you ever want to visit Calgary... I have a spare room!
Unk Bruce
