So... this weekend I went SNOWBOARDING for the very first time! I had never been skiing or anything of the sort...but absoluteIy loved it and want to go again! I took ALOT of falls but God gave me strength to keep getting up. Landen would have been so proud of me! He was always encouraging me to try something new and different. At the end of the day just before I returned my things I decided to try the slope ONE MORE TIME...I went down the entire slope ( a smaller slope but a slope nevertheless) without falling once and got off of the ski lift without even faltering!!! I was so thrilled!
All of that to say...yesterday I was extremely tired but I must have been too tired because my mind felt like some sort of a chase scene from Bourne Identity. There were literally so many thoughts filtering through my mind I could not stop talking!!! My friend Justin endured story after story after story after story yesterday...thanks Justin.
Anyway one of the stories made me smile...it was about Landen and his PROMISE song. I had the privilege of attending college with two of my cousins and brother (my junior and senior years). We loved eating lunch together...except Tuesday's whic
h were fasting days for students...just like Wednesday's were pizza days in Zee's!
Anyway this is usually when we had the chance to hang out because our schedules were so entirely ridiculous... between work, school, and church we were booked. So our regiment following daily chapel services was to check mail, then stand in line at Zee's to get lunch, eat lunch then hurry to afternoon classes. Most of the time we spent more time in line then eating but we enjoyed catching up with each other while waiting in the eternal line. We talked about classes and schedules and relationships and what God was doing. If anyone was feeling too down or discouraged (not just in our little family but all around) Landen would put his arm around them and begin to sing...his favorite song which came from one of the cassette tapes we used to listen to at bedtime when we were children. The cassette was "KING OF MY HEART" and the song was "I AM A PROMISE" ...but he switched around the words to sing:
h were fasting days for students...just like Wednesday's were pizza days in Zee's!Anyway this is usually when we had the chance to hang out because our schedules were so entirely ridiculous... between work, school, and church we were booked. So our regiment following daily chapel services was to check mail, then stand in line at Zee's to get lunch, eat lunch then hurry to afternoon classes. Most of the time we spent more time in line then eating but we enjoyed catching up with each other while waiting in the eternal line. We talked about classes and schedules and relationships and what God was doing. If anyone was feeling too down or discouraged (not just in our little family but all around) Landen would put his arm around them and begin to sing...his favorite song which came from one of the cassette tapes we used to listen to at bedtime when we were children. The cassette was "KING OF MY HEART" and the song was "I AM A PROMISE" ...but he switched around the words to sing:
YOU are a PROMISE
YOU are a POSSIBILITY
YOU are a PROMISE with a capital "P"
YOU are a great big bundle of POTENTIALITY
and if you listen, you can hear God's voice and keep on trying to make the right choice
YOU are a PROMISE to be ANYTHING God wants ...
YOU are a PROMISE to be ANYTHING God wants ...
YOU are a PROMISE to be ANYTHING God wants YOU to be!!!
There were many times we sang together and others that I just sat back and watched as my brother ministered out the fullness of his life in Christ. Real JOY! And that part is still alive...because it is God's joy of promise within our lives. It carries through every uncertain moment. It helps us to get up every time we fall. It is God's design for us to share that JOY with others and our responsibility to embrace that gift of JOY which comes from God! It brings purpose and meaning to every life!
I actually found some versions on youtube if you want to check out the cheery little tune! Come to find out Veggie Tales even did a spunky rendition...who would know!?! I am sure that it will make your day as God used Landen to make so many days with this "promising" song.
Remember: YOU are a PROMISE!
I can actually hear him singing that song. I remember him singing it at youth group (or wherever we were)! Landen was always an encourager! :)
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