friend:

i am genuinely encouraged by you tonight and your love for the Lord, so much that you could care less about what other people (including those you have invested much of your time here with) say about you. i am convicted by your dedication to your ministry, regardless of the other things happening around you that may seem "cooler" or easier to do at the time. i am challenged by your persistent pursuance of others who are much different than yourself, because you know that is what God has called you to do, specifically in this season of life, but even continuing into our lives away from Master's, as we know that the church is not full of cool or fun or easy people to get along with, but that we are called to love them, and invest in them, regardless. yes, that was a run-on sentence. no, i do not care. i want to care about the body of Christ because they are my brothers and sisters in the Lord, not because they make me laugh or like the same music as me. because it reality, we share the most important thing in common that is ever known to man; we have the same common goal, desire, all driving-force:

to make Christ the very purpose of our lives.

i want to be more this way. thank you for being an example, as much as you think you're not.

okay, goodnight.