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Jeremiah 12:5 If you have run with footmen and they have tired you out, then how can you compete with horses?

Yesterday Aaron Snow was married to Morgan Mitchamore. It was a beautiful ceremony. I’m so proud of Aaron and Morgan.  They are real deal, real stuff people. I believe in them big time and am excited about how God has used them and and what He will continue to do. They have a ministry called Intentional Gatherings where they are meeting in small worship communities and serving the poor. They are going to be heading to Las Vegas to do the same thing there and hopefully see their network expand to other cities.  He’s on the front end a huge learning curve, and he knows it, which is key for what he’s doing.

Aaron is special to me because I knew him “when.” My first memory of Aaron, beyond seeing a little 4 year old in church, was being with him at children’s camp, him mad at some kid, getting in a fight and literally having to pull him off the other kid. He was foaming at the mouth, seething red, It was bad and funny at the same time! He had a time where he was away from God--had to figure it all out on his own, but when he came back--he came back. Aaron’s cool - his hair, totoos, body piercing, clothing style - and in an attempt to stay “current” he did the only thing he could - marry a hip hair stylist who also loves God!

At that same kids camp - Nikki and I were the sponsors - not many kids - but man are they incredible. It was well over 15 years ago and I have a picture I saw a while back - now trying to find it. It was me and all these little boys. They’ve all grown up and done, or are in the process of doing some really cool things. In that picture is me, Aaron and his brother Isaac who’s in college, my son Ben - who is working with an international education firm, David Grubbs - a techno guru like his dad who’s helping us on social networking and a pretty big project, Kyle Neiman - one of our youth pastors, Jeremy Denson - engaged and working for a corporation, Clinton Perry - now at seminary at Talbot. There are others not in that picture that I knew as little kids at the wedding as well who are serving God big time - Paige Kimmel, Andrew Kimmel, Jeremiah Duckett - I’m sure the list goes on. But what a crop of children that grew into a crop of exceptional adults - I’m going to have a lot of fun following these guys. NorthWood has truly had some exceptional kids come through her - they are world changers.

At the wedding, I told Aaron and Morgan that I’m optimistic about their generation. In my estimation they are the greatest generation we’ve seen come along since the Great Generation of WWII. Christian or not, this generation is spiritual, socially concerned, and globally awake. That makes for the perfect storm of some kind of global move of God.

Some run with men - God made you guys to run with horses - run hard, run long.