Back at the college and almost back into the routine of things here.  Class, class, class, chapel, class, lunch, work, sleep.  Friends, study, assignments.

The funeral for my grandaddy went well.  It was exactly what he would have wanted -- the family together, singing and listening to the songs he loved. Pastors from different faiths spoke kindly of each other and worked together -- he never cared about what religious terms a person used; he wanted to know if they loved God. We cried a lot, but we laughed more than we cried. It was a perfect celebration of his life.

I wrote a paragraph on my philosophy of friendship for English 201. I know of someone who might like the first sentence.

Bro. Jack Hyles said, "Friendship is the glue that holds all other relationships together."  If all relationships begin with and are built on friendship, then it is very important that we decide on principles that will govern our friendships.  A friendship should never be lived out lazily or haphazardly, but by principles.  At some point in a friendship, built to last, each friend must make a conscious decision to love. We must commit to love our friends as God loves us, selflessly and without expectation of returned love or favors.  This requires that each of us be a friend to our friends even when they do not behave as a friend to us.  A true friend listens more than he talks, helps more than he is helped, gives more than he receives, and holds an attitude of humility and service towards his friend.  If two people builds a friendship each with the intention of serving the other, petty annoyances will be overlooked and the differences that the two people have will be dealt with kindly, leaving the friendship intact.  In our friendships, our minds should be as much like the mind of Christ as possible, with His love, forgiveness, humility, and servant's heart displayed in every word and action.