musing…it’s what i do
meeting people from the internet seems to have become a recent hobby of mine. since january of 2003, i have met approximately 20 people from the singularity known as the rumor forum at caedmonscall.net (know rocksmyfaceoff.net). that.is.insane. little more than a year and a half ago, i used the internet to check e-mail (which mostly consisted of occasional e-mails from one person and a lot of spam) and do some research (what?!) for papers and whatnot. ok, fine…i used napster, too. but i got attracted to this online community for a variety of reasons, first being the band caedmon’s call, in whose honor the board was formed, in the fall of 2002. it quickly escaltated to an obssession, to be honest. i was quite concerned with attaining some sort of acceptance into the fold, and i eventually wiggled my way in. i’m spending too much time on the pre-story, so i’ll jump ahead to what i really want to say.
i continue to be amazed at how integral a role a number of online persons play in my life. they pray for me, console me, challenge me, laugh with me…basically all the qualities found in any traditional friendship. traditional meaning sans internet. the only thing missing is seeing them on any kind of regular schedule. for some friendships, this isn’t a big deal…but then there are those precious few that just make my heart ache for an opportunity to see them, to experience them so much more often than is currently allowed. still, i know God knows what he is doing, and i’m trusting him for all things. i should be satisfied with the blessings God has bestowed on me in the form of these internet friendships, and i am. certainly it can be hard to have close friends so far away, sometimes so inaccessible it hurts…but it is God’s doing, i believe, and i expect his will to be accomplished. i’m content with that.
I’m amused that you frickin’ flew to Seattle. I’m also jealous.
haha! david! You frinkin’ flew to Seattle! hahahah! That’s awesome…
…and this post was good, in just kinda getting what you were saying earlier…
wait a second…i frickin’ flew to seattle!
you should be jealous, geof. hahahaha. 
yeah, i’m starting to see what you mean about online relationships. being somewhat of a noobie at rmfo.net still, i’m not completely ‘in’ over there yet but we’ll see. i wonder if al gore ever prophesied that a concept like this would result, y’know, when he invented the internet…
haha, steve, keep it up and you’ll be sucked in. If a girl in Seattle, thousands of miles away from the core group, can be sucked in and remain sucked in, it’s probable that you will too. I hope so, you’re fun. The body of Christ is so clear at rmfo… He is so clearly present in the interactions. Judging by the fruit it has caused to spring up in my life, I’d say there is no explanation but the Sovereign Lord for the good things there.
David – you frickin’ flew to seattle! to meet people from the internet! You are probably crazy enough for that to be deemed legally insane forever. But I think we’re all glad you are.
Geof should be jealous. Good times were had by all.
Same deal here. I used to laugh at people who claimed to find
community and fellowship on the Internet. I ain’t laughin any
more. I count the RMFO folks among my dearest friends.
And I’m so glad that I met you, Dave! God has really blessed me with
the board. I prayed that God would bring Christian friends into my
life that were my age…and how did He do it? Through the internet.
It still makes me giggle.
I’m listening to the Normals “Innocence” and it is a good soundtrack
to this post…anyway, yeah, it’s just like Pink Flyod’s The WAll
and the Wizard of Oz…Anyway, you are frickin’ crazy for flying to
Seattle … but of course I think you are crazy for driving with
Michaela for more than 1 hour…
yeah, that michaela…hahaha.
chrissy, you make me giggle.