Thursday, October 20, 2005

a letter to a friend

to the readers. this letter is for a specific friend. i am sure we all have some just like it.

gabe,
it seems so long ago that we were in high school. a lot of things have happened since this time to change us and mold us into who we are now. i am a youth pastor and you are pursuing music.

i always looked up to you back then, becuase you were so talented musically. i remember hanging out and listening to you play your guitar. it has been a couple of years since we last talked and my last memory of you is playing your guitar in church. the song was nothing but the blood of Jesus. i remember your testimony and how you said you were struggling but you were holding your faith together by the blood of Jesus.

i have still followed your music and every now and then listen to stuff on your website. i am saddened though to see where your relationship with Christ has gone. you claim God is distant in your life and doesnt really care. i am sorry you feel this way. i pray that God will draw near to you to make his presence known. but i know in order for that to happen you have to choose to draw near to him. start listening to his voice and to obey him.

i will always look up to you and will always try to follow your music. but my prayer is that you will find faith again and hold onto it. i miss you man.

hope all is well

3 comments:

nathan richardson said...

hey michael, while i wrote this to a friend the only gumption that had was to put it on my blog. love ya man.

Brooks said...

Gabe = Dave Rowe? :) I was thinking of sending a link of this to Dave! :)

nathan richardson said...

brooks, i was actually referring to you. you are an amazing guitarist but headed straight to hell