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Will Darr
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Arkadelphia/ Little Rock, United States - Share
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- Little Rock, AR
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- I'm a theology and Biblical studies major at Ouachita Baptist University.
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when I said I was still pretty close to my kids, I meant geographically, not emotionally (as if it's noteworthy that I was still emotionally close to my kids!!!)
I love God, I remember when I was a kid in Sunday School hearing the story of Abraham: he was called a friend of God... I remember thinking, " wow, when I grow up I want to be a friend of God too, I want God to look on me as a friend, if that's really possible."
Well then a whole lot of life went by and I forgot about that dream; I was pretty far from where I suppose one would need to be to be friend of God, I did what I wanted and what I thought would lead to happiness and peace and all those good things... I was the king of me.
You can't help but have compassion on the 'lost' as they are when you've been there yourself; the lies of the deceiver are so compelling and reasonable and sweet (and our hearts are naturally on the same page as him I guess as well.)
But in His love and mercy the Lord just stood close by and waited, kept me from a premature demise, and when I was empty and finished and lost and ready to give it all up, He responded to my cry.
I was 21, on a bus going west, had no plan or dream other than that if God wasn't real I figured I'd just jump off a mountain somewhere beautiful and alone. I had no desire to live life as I'd known it until then; as the person I'd become and chasing all the things we're told we need to chase...
And so from that point to now it's just been .... I don't know the word that describes it.
I hate my sin so much because it's a slap in the face of the One who did so so so so much for me, for a little temporary mortal being who time and again defied Him and turned his back on Him. And not only that He did that 10 years ago, but really daily He is faithful with all He said and promised, and that just blows my mind, that I still choose now & again me and my way - I hate it.
But it's different now of course, I walk in love, I confess and am forgiven, I'm in a relationship with a God who is both my Path and my Guide, my Friend, my Father who loves me as His child, as well as the Maker of All and is Victorious, through and because of and in whom I too am victorious over the enemy.
And so now I am a citizen in a Kingdom not like the kingdom I walk in and find myself in.
And community is beautiful, the beloved community, we who are all citizens in this Heavenly Kingdom. I'm a part of a wonderful community.
And then other than that of course I love yo yo's.
I have two kids: my daughter Sahara is going to be 12 in September, and my son Izik is 7.
My marriage ended 4 years ago and I got officially divorced just this past March. I'd met someone new about a year ago and so since it could become serious, I was counseled by my elder and eventually wanted to be really divorced, like in the eyes of the governing bodies as well as in my heart and life.
That was hard... not the divorce I mean so much as what brought it about 4 years before.
God is so faithful though, He came and took me in His arms and just carried me through the hardest times; He planted me immediately in an awesome environment with my two brothers and a friend, I was still pretty close to my kids so I could have them alot, and He just walked with me and healed me and has been healing me since.
And then with Eliza, I see God so so much in this relationship, restoring and redeeming and teaching and and renewing me and my perception of myself and women and what a relationship between and man/woman can be.
I think I'm going to ask her to marry me by next summer probably.
But my hand is pretty sore, I'm alittle distracted with the time and that I have to be somewhere soon and need to get some coffee before then, so maybe I'll end this here.
What about you, just who are you anyways?
later brother.
In Christ.
In fact I know neither Jay nor Sean; even Duvall for that matter - never met him.
To be honest, I never even went to OBU - heck, until looking at your groups on the side of the screen here, I wasn't even aware of what OBU stood for...
I was just looking at all the groups on Christarchy one day and thought to myself how it would be neat to join all the groups - and why not, I don't think there's any rule against it, and so I did.
I'm interested to talk with people who are plugged in here because the title Christarchy is a relatively loaded word... I mean it seems to include the word anarchy...
Which is why I'm here, I think it's interesting to join the character and point of Christ with those of anarchy...
Personally I'm kind of exploring if/how those could work and be related and so on.
Anyways, hope you're ready for another season of school, cheers.
your brother in Jesus.
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(OMG! I just used a smiley. I have broken all past codes I had with myself regarding the internet.)
(Holy &!^#!!!! I just used OMG as a response to my smile snafu. That's two protocals broken in one comment. I need beer. Beer keep Emu strong.)
I'm an EMU!