The Halloween Voyage

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Last night I enjoyed a great time and learned a valuable lesson. Some buddies hosted a Halloween party in the apartment. How they managed to fit over 100 some people in a little fifteen by fifteen room I have no clue...but it happened. The place was packed, hot, and loud, but fun. The theme was a nautical voyage and I decided to go as clark kent...and a sad presentation at that, if you ask me. My brilliant last minute idea, right before Clark, (since I didn't have time to get anything this year) was to go as a "Little Black Rain Cloud" from Winnie the Pooh. Perhaps you've seen that old cartoon. Pooh wants to get some honey from a bees nest and decides to paint himself black and float up to the nest using the help of a balloon. Chrisopher Robin asks him what he is and he responds, "Well I'm a little black rain cloud of course." I was going to be a little black rain cloud and when someone asked I'd say, "well I'm a little black rain cloud of course" and they'd either get it or they wouldn't. Sadly, my roommates shot that idea down miserably but everyone at the party knew exactly what I was talking about...don't let peer pressure steer you away from your dreams. If you want to be a cloud - be a cloud!! Here are some random pictures of various people. My favorite costume were two friends of mine who went as Wilson and Tom Hanks. That was hilarious. Here are a few other pictures.





The lesson I learned was an interesting one. There was one person there who had a bit too much to drink, and I'll be honest that my few interactions with her have continually decreased my level of respect for her. Several things happened last night with her and luckily it all turned out okay. My ride stayed around at the party fairly late and therefore, so did I. Before leaving, with only a few people left, this girl showed up in an incoherent drunken state. Now, let's jump back to earler in the night. After a small incident with this girl, someone asking me what was going on - I explained and spoke very negatively in my opinion of her. Later though, when she returned to the party, something happened in my heart, I saw her in a completely new light, I saw her in love. I realized that somewhere in my life I thought her brokeness was uglier than my own, that her falleness was somehow different and further. That is not the case, finally for once, I saw myself in her, I saw Christ in me, and I saw Christ in her...it was then that I understood my role in her life is one of love and prayer. We are not defined by our choices. We are defined by Christ and his love in our life. Her brokeness is no different than the brokeness in my own life. What she needs from me, and what I'm called to do in her life, is love her. Only through that love will we begin to become complete and truly begin to receive redemption and have our lives become a blessing to others around us. I pray for her healing and I pray for us that we see ourselves as one body, all hurting, and all needing the redemptive power of Christ, against such, there is no law.