Is you never know what everyone else around you is going through. Whenever I was in the 8th or 9th grade I went to this church camp. I met several amazing people and one of them was a guy. I'm not going to use this guy's real name so we will just call him Joe. Joe was amazing, he loved Jesus so much and came from a christian home who's parents were still married which is quite rare you know. As I got to know Joe I developed the biggest crush on him. This is quite typical of me at this age, I'm pretty sure I had a crush on at least 5 guys at this time but Joe boy Joe was the #1 on the list. Joe and I exchanged phone numbers after camp and kept in touch for a bit, but eventually we lost contact with one another. He lived in the city I lived in Yukon thats a long distance friendship whenever you are 14 and don't have a car ;P. One thing that always got to me was he never showed true interest in me, I mean barely even as a friend. Anyways I recently reconnected with this old friend Joe. We were sharing our stories of life and he told me about how he never dated growing up although I was in awe of this fact I kept my composure. This fact was just what I needed to hear. It was an instant reminder that sometimes you just don't know what is going on in someone's life unless you are connected with them. This is my challenge to all who read this post. Don't judge someone in their current state because you never know what is really going on in that heart of theirs. I always wondered why Joe didn't like me because I was a shallow girl who saw potential in herself for him. Joe didn't pursue me because he was holding out for God's best and well he still is. Just a fun story of how life can be sometimes and the lessons along the way.
