I got into a conversation with a friend a few weeks ago and the main topic is about living people you want to meet. It's not the kind of wanting to meet someone because they're famous or something but people who made an impact in our lives. There are many people who made an impact in my life and somewhere at the plateau top of my list are these three:
Joshua Harris
I want to meet him and personally give my thanks on how God used his books to spur me into actively knowing more about God. I read I Kissed Dating Goodbye when I was 14 and it made me start thinking a lot. I thought I was smart enough and knew so many things but then I didn't. I guess if I have not read IKDG at that time, I would have been in a romantic relationship/s and jeopardized my walk with Jesus.
Seven years later he came up with another book entitled Dug Down Deep. It gave a similar impact on me but this time it's deeper and more significant. I don't know who this man is and it surprises me that I clearly understood what he wrote and could relate to it very much. Maybe because I've been a Sunday School achiever back then and lived a similar life except that I think his exploits were quite unacceptable in a goody-two shoes standards. See here, I'm your Miss Goody Two-Shoes in action.
Seven years later he came up with another book entitled Dug Down Deep. It gave a similar impact on me but this time it's deeper and more significant. I don't know who this man is and it surprises me that I clearly understood what he wrote and could relate to it very much. Maybe because I've been a Sunday School achiever back then and lived a similar life except that I think his exploits were quite unacceptable in a goody-two shoes standards. See here, I'm your Miss Goody Two-Shoes in action.
Francis Chan
This bald Chinese-American pastor is one of my heroes. My flesh hate him for saying things that make me feel bad but my spirit would just love him say things that nail me down and cause me to grieve over my sins. He's like an uncle who chastises his niece for not sharing her candies to other cousins--that's why I often call him Uncle Francis. God literally used him to make me obey His command (Jeremiah 1:4-10) and learn more of Christ's sovereignty in everything. I am a disobedient child you know and often have an opinion on how I want things to go.
Francis Chan isn't perfect as much as I am disobedient, stubborn, indomitable, and prideful but it's humbling how God can use people like him to influence and inspire people while molding his character into Christ-likeness.
Adam Young
How do I say this? His music draws me closer and drowns me into the richness and beauty of music's Creator. His music doesn't end in music itself but it draws me to appreciate the creation and praise its Creator. A lot of people think his music and lyrics are weird but I find them totally creative and brilliant, like someone writing a novel expensively embellished with imagery--only through the unseen art of music.
When I first heard Meteor Shower, especially the instrumental part in the beginning, I was like, "Lord, this is so beautiful. How could this have entered Adam's mind? You must have put such brilliance there. Thanks so much!"
Another thing about Adam too is that he's like a friend. He expresses himself in such a way as if I've already met him and he's already met me. Simply amazing.
Francis Chan isn't perfect as much as I am disobedient, stubborn, indomitable, and prideful but it's humbling how God can use people like him to influence and inspire people while molding his character into Christ-likeness.
Adam Young
How do I say this? His music draws me closer and drowns me into the richness and beauty of music's Creator. His music doesn't end in music itself but it draws me to appreciate the creation and praise its Creator. A lot of people think his music and lyrics are weird but I find them totally creative and brilliant, like someone writing a novel expensively embellished with imagery--only through the unseen art of music.
When I first heard Meteor Shower, especially the instrumental part in the beginning, I was like, "Lord, this is so beautiful. How could this have entered Adam's mind? You must have put such brilliance there. Thanks so much!"
Another thing about Adam too is that he's like a friend. He expresses himself in such a way as if I've already met him and he's already met me. Simply amazing.
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