I have avoided saying goodbye because I hate goodbyes. In "real life" I always tell someone, upon parting, that we don't have to say goodbye now because we'll do that tomorrow. Then I make sure to avoid that final goodbye. As much as I am sick of TT's squabbling and insulting and straining at gnats, I will truly miss each and every one of you. I have been on TruthTalk for about as long as it has been going, I guess, with a few drop outs to regroup. I won't specify each one of you because I would surely leave someone out, but you have all had an impact on my life and my heart. I feel like I know you each in a very personal way, and I've shared my real self, for better or for worse, hoping that my transparency will be used by God in spite of myself to bless you. I apologize for every feeling I have injured, for every too-harsh word, and for using my understanding of truth at times like a sledgehammer. But please know that my life will always carry an imprint of yours, even those of you with whom I have most disagreed. I'm hoping that now and then you will send an email and tell me hello. Maybe we could all be better friends apart from this intense venue on TT. Maybe we could just talk about things not quite so important, and in so doing, let Jesus shine through more clearly.
Above all, I wish to thank you my dear, beloved David Miller, for so kindly providing this meeting place for us. If it weren't for your vision and patience I would never have had the chance to meet Judy, and Lance, and J.D. Smithson, and Dean, and Kevin, Gary, Perry, Blaine, Dave Hansen, Debbie, Bill, Jonathan, and SO many others. My life would have been poorer for the loss. David, in spite of being routinely misunderstood and mistreated you have remained faithful, steadfast, generous, longsuffering, and the most loving person I have ever encountered. I know you will not be out of my life completely, but I'll probably never again have the advantage of sitting at your feet and gleaning wisdom as it falls from your keyboard. From you I have learned the most important lesson that no one else has ever taught me; that I am free from sin and no longer a slave to it, and that love is simply all that matters. How I thank you for that. I hope to live up to the example you have given me. And, as I said, I hope to meet and greet each one of you from TruthTalk on the other side. I truly love you, and I miss you already. Go with Jesus, and be very blessed. Izzy ---------- "Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer every man." (Colossians 4:6) http://www.InnGlory.org If you do not want to receive posts from this list, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and you will be unsubscribed. If you have a friend who wants to join, tell him to send an e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and he will be subscribed.
