Last night I went to 249 (our student ministry building) to pick up Andrew after a Junior High event. Andrew is a sophomore and is in the 249 North band; they played some songs tonight during the assembly time.

When I showed up all the leaders and student-leaders were circled up, reflecting on the night. I thought they were praying so I stopped at the doorway and quietly went back outside. But Quaid saw me (they hadn’t started praying yet) and called me back in. I got to join the circle and pray with these amazing people.

It sounds like a small thing, but this was such a privilege. These leaders are some of the finest people I’ve ever met. And the students among them simply blow me away with their service and faithfulness. I miss these times, and I miss these people. I still haven’t quite gotten over the low-level grief I feel for having left the student ministry, although I know that it’s what God wanted me to do. I still pathetically read their Live Journals daily (see the LJ/Myspace Friends in the Bloogroll for a sample) just to keep up with what’s going on in their young lives. Pretty sad, eh? 🙂

Man, God is good!