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thank you so much to everyone who has been praying for Kyle Lake's family and the UBC community, it means the world to everyone.
I went to Kyle's visitation tonight. I had never seen a dead body before. More less a dead body of someone i knew and talked to. Kyle was such a wonderful man. He was genuine and warm hearted. His faith lit up any room and welcomed everyone. He was never fake. Just the opposite actually, he was always very real, down to earth and grounded. I admired him very much. I clung to him because of how much he reminded me of my youth pastors and mentors back home.He was an all around pleasant person to be around. The few times i got to talk to him were very enlighting and uplifting. No matter the topic of discussion i always walked away from talking with him feeling lighter about life and closer to God. He was one of those people you just felt safe around. My guard fell down when i was around him and i knew that when talking with him everything was okay and if it wasnt then i knew it would be.
It was so hard to see him lying there. Lifeless. He was always so animated. He wasnt this time. He looked dark and cold. The pictures outside of the viewing room broke my heart. He was so young. Married and with three very young beautiful children. I cant imagine what they must be going through.
The loss of Kyle has brought up many questions. The main one being, Why? Why would God take away such a encouraging rightous man when if anything the world needs more of them? It seems as though Christianity is the fastest dying religion in the world...why take away our strongest leaders? It just doesnt make sense. Then again i realize it doesnt have to. Its times like these that God shows us he is so much bigger than anything we can imagine and his plan is so much more vast then the plans we have for ourselves. Its moments like these i realize how much i need a savior and why its so important that Jesus remains the most vital thing in my life.
Our chapel speaker today was amazing. I believe he was there truly as a message from God. He wasnt supposed to be and yet God made sure he was. He wrote this book called Surprise Me. He did a 30 day experiment in which he layed down all of the things he wanted from God and focused on what God wanted for him. He woke up every morning for a month and simply asked God to surprise him.
UBC was starting the Surprise Me series last sunday. Kyle introduced it with a prayer right before he passed asking God to just suprise them. If thats not a clear message from God then i dont know what is.
For the next 30 days i'm laying everything down. All of my fears, worries, anxieties and stresses and letting God show me what he wants to. Its been so easy lately to just demand things from God without ever thinking about what he wants to show us and has in store for us. Its about time God took the reigns in my life and controlled everything because goodness knows i have no idea how to even go about dealing with it. Its sad that this is it what it took for me to do that.
Thank you Kyle. For all of our encouragement and loving kindness. I'm sorry i never got to tell you in person but because of you i have found a place that i feel safe and at home. Thank for that. Thank you for guiding me down the right path and helping to ground me in my faith. You will be very missed but we know you are in a much better place. We love you!
I went to Kyle's visitation tonight. I had never seen a dead body before. More less a dead body of someone i knew and talked to. Kyle was such a wonderful man. He was genuine and warm hearted. His faith lit up any room and welcomed everyone. He was never fake. Just the opposite actually, he was always very real, down to earth and grounded. I admired him very much. I clung to him because of how much he reminded me of my youth pastors and mentors back home.He was an all around pleasant person to be around. The few times i got to talk to him were very enlighting and uplifting. No matter the topic of discussion i always walked away from talking with him feeling lighter about life and closer to God. He was one of those people you just felt safe around. My guard fell down when i was around him and i knew that when talking with him everything was okay and if it wasnt then i knew it would be.
It was so hard to see him lying there. Lifeless. He was always so animated. He wasnt this time. He looked dark and cold. The pictures outside of the viewing room broke my heart. He was so young. Married and with three very young beautiful children. I cant imagine what they must be going through.
The loss of Kyle has brought up many questions. The main one being, Why? Why would God take away such a encouraging rightous man when if anything the world needs more of them? It seems as though Christianity is the fastest dying religion in the world...why take away our strongest leaders? It just doesnt make sense. Then again i realize it doesnt have to. Its times like these that God shows us he is so much bigger than anything we can imagine and his plan is so much more vast then the plans we have for ourselves. Its moments like these i realize how much i need a savior and why its so important that Jesus remains the most vital thing in my life.
Our chapel speaker today was amazing. I believe he was there truly as a message from God. He wasnt supposed to be and yet God made sure he was. He wrote this book called Surprise Me. He did a 30 day experiment in which he layed down all of the things he wanted from God and focused on what God wanted for him. He woke up every morning for a month and simply asked God to surprise him.
UBC was starting the Surprise Me series last sunday. Kyle introduced it with a prayer right before he passed asking God to just suprise them. If thats not a clear message from God then i dont know what is.
For the next 30 days i'm laying everything down. All of my fears, worries, anxieties and stresses and letting God show me what he wants to. Its been so easy lately to just demand things from God without ever thinking about what he wants to show us and has in store for us. Its about time God took the reigns in my life and controlled everything because goodness knows i have no idea how to even go about dealing with it. Its sad that this is it what it took for me to do that.
Thank you Kyle. For all of our encouragement and loving kindness. I'm sorry i never got to tell you in person but because of you i have found a place that i feel safe and at home. Thank for that. Thank you for guiding me down the right path and helping to ground me in my faith. You will be very missed but we know you are in a much better place. We love you!