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04/23/2009
By Towell, Bob
I received an email from a friend I hadn't spoken to in over 20 years. My friend expressed his appreciation for me and the time he served as my "intern" in student ministry back in the 80's. This young man took a year off from college and from pursuing his law degree to be discipled and to assist us in discipling high school students. In an exchange of emails he wrote:
I am confident God used you to help introduce me to serving his children and I will always be thankful for the time you took to mentor me. By the way, I'm currently in a discipleship group at my church and have been for 3 years. God used the group leader, my pastor, to give me the courage to quit practicing law and start working with kids. I have also started a discipleship group with my high school guys. Isn't God incredible!!!
My email response to him was:
Awesome, brother! What a surprise to hear from you:) Thank you so much for taking the time to look me up and connect. Hearing from you brings back a lot of great memories and confirms my efforts over the years to "make disciples." My life verse is 2 Timothy 2:2 and hearing your story and what you're now doing encourages me in this regard.
God's timing and sense of humor cracks me up. I am in preparation this week to start a new series on discipleship this Sunday called Following the Jesus Way. Hearing from my friend has given me renewed commitment and passion for discipleship.
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