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Columbine

Today is the 13th anniversary of the Columbine shootings.

Today my friend Adam tweeted:

“Columbine High School, April 20, 1999. Rachel Joy Scott changed my life.”

It took me back about 2 years. This is what he shared with me then.

Adam:

columbine

in 99

tragedy and a girl named rachel was killed

i met her father yesterday

blew me away…

he reached out to me awhile back

and we met awhile back

but i visited him in denver this time

and met the rest of rachel’s family

so heartbreaking

yet

so inspiring

because i know i want to live for Christ

but will i DIE for Him?

a just question…

it’s crazy

so big

wow

im so small”

Over our past two years of friendship, I don’t think Adam knows how much he has encouraged me. He is so entirely genuine in every conversation. Some days he is ridiculously funny and nothing we say makes sense; we talk about invisible penguins and The Series of Unfortunate Events and Kuzco and McDonald’s. Other times, we have conversations like the one that I shared with you. But every time I come away encouraged to follow Christ ardently and daily, to glorify God constantly, and to be entirely myself, no matter how awkward or weird that may be. He is one the best men I know. His deepest desire is to be like Christ and to glorify God and I admire him and am so very grateful for our friendship. I don’t deserve him. I know he’ll never read this, but I wanted to share it anyways. I hope his words encourage you.

This was the date of our first conversation, and I’ll end with this:

“February 24, 2012. Adam Randal Young changed my life.”