jeremiah

this morning, i had a good conversation with my friend jeremiah...one of the few that i end with "well, i have to go do _______" and actually did have to go do ________. i wished i didn't have to. i didn't want the conversation to end.

he is so real, so honest, so still faith-filled.

he asked me what i still have faith in that makes me still a christian.

i tried to circumnavigate the question by starting, "Dan, the president of my school says________________" what a heap of shit.

he returned with more honesty and my eyes began to well up.

here is how i know jeremiah has more faith than he thinks - and more faith than i do: he is willing to admit his lack, to share those parts of himself that are obviously scared shitless that he might be faithless. it seems that such raw reality expresses a desire for genuine encounter - for incarnation. how stunningly beautiful he was on the phone.

to my dear, wise, real, ever passionate friend: thank you for being Jesus on the phone today. you may not be much more than this right now, but you are a striking follower of Christ - hold on to nothing else and i promise you will see his face!

hmmm...i wonder if your honesty and your open wrestling makes the face of your name sake shine in your own?