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Note, Before reading this please read Story of Depression Below
It was in the midst of dealing with depression, due to my friends leaving that I found myself out shopping with my mom, who I am sure had realized I was depressed and wanted to get me out of the house, when we went to Michal’s I asked to get a couple canvases and other painting supplies. I had gotten I picture in my head which desperately wanted to paint and I planned to that evening. So we continued shopping and eventually returned home, where I set almost immediately to work getting ready to paint my painting, did I mention that I have no previous experience painting, and after several failed attempts to sketch the outline it was time for dinner.
As I said earlier my sister Ashley chose to go to school this year instead of being home-schooled. So during dinner she said she wanted to got to a basketball game at her school that night, after some discussion my parents finally convinced me to take Ash and I could either drop her off at the door or go in and stay of leave(whatever I wanted). I should have known and maybe I did, that when I got there Ashley would convince to go in. After I parked the car, we walked in together and were greeted by a small folding table with I high school guy taking money.
I noticed his shirt had bright yellow words on it which said
Viva La Lance
I could not figure out what it was supposed to mean or anything so I asked him, and he told me which led to our talking through the entire girls basketball game, and some of the guys game before we went in to watch. During this time I learned his name was Zach and met several of his friends who I learned were in a band together, they told me that I should play bass for their band and I said look I have barely above zero experience playing Guitar, and zero experience on Bass, but they were insistent that they would teach me. and so by the end of the night I had six new friends, we all felt like we had known each other our whole lives, and I was the Bass player for a band 
The next morning I got up and went to practice at Tommy’s (our drummer) house and after some time we discovered that cannot ply Bass with a pick, and learn rather quickly.
I will never truly understand what what God was doing in my life but I know he was showing me His love in a way I never could have imagined. On that Friday night I found myself wrapped in his arms so closely and so comfortably that I knew nothing could come between God and I. I was in heaven on earth, I was in a place that I cannot truly describe, a place I think is only understood by those who have made the journey there themselves, I can only hope that you don’t have to take the same path I did to get there, but if you do know god is there and in the end you find comfort and joy like none you have known before.
It may seem like this is the end of the series but it is not I have at least one more post, one more piece of the puzzle, chapter in this story, that I wish to share.
Amen, Hallelujah
Ethan
Other posts you may be interested in
Story of Depression
Leafs
Are We Really Living
No Rules (Almost)
This is a little something I wrote for my about me section on myspace it is essentially a series of statements describing what I believe and how I think of myself, most of them I borrowed from books I have read or sermons I have listened to.
I am a Christian A Christ Follower, a Writer, I am a follower of the Great Romance, Single, a Hedonist, a Mystic, a Reader, I am a Lover of of all because HE loved me first, a Fighter, a Student, a Teacher, I am a friend to all, a Seeker, a Traveler, a member of The Circle, I am one who has Hope, one who is trying to figure out how not to be lukewarm, one who will Not Fail, I am a Victor, a Watcher, a listener, a Talker, I am Human, I Love, I am Loved, I am Constantly Under Renovation!
If you have any questions please ask!
Amen, Hallelujah
Ethan
Other posts you may be interested in
Leafs
Snow
A Story of Depression
I just wanted to let everyone know that I am working on a new Name and New Look for this blog, The new name will be “Le Crier”, a name I will explain in a future post. in the mean time I will kepp posting here but, I just wanted you to know that changes are comig.
Amen, Hallelujah
Ethan
This is to be the first in several posts in which I am going to outline my journey into depression and then how God showed me his love and pulled me out. For the last several years I have had several very close friends and then others who were not as close, but I was so close to a particular 4 Kami, John, Jeremiah, and Josiah.. I would say that a vast majority of what I did was with these 4 or some fraction of them.We all knew that Josiah, and Jeremiah were planning to go to college in the fall of 08 and I had little trouble dealing with that, I was gone (in Ghana) all of September, and shortly after I returned Jeremiah came in, and then was home for almost a month during Christmas. Besides John and Kami were still here. It was after New years about the middle of January when John got a call from an old friend asking him to go on a trip with Y.W.A.M.(Youth With A Mission) he was supposed to leave in about two weeks, it was at this point that I started feeling like my friends were leaving me.
I do and did understand that Their leaving was imminent, I had just failed to prepare myself for their departure, and while I was excited for John I was starting to feel somewhat abandoned. Yes Kami was still here but (no offence) she’s a girl, (sounds bad does it not) the simple fact is that guys need good guy friends. The other friends who were still around were, well different than me, and it seemed to me that they did not understand me so I was having a hard time connecting with them, this caused me some frustration as well. So there you see how and what led me into depression,. I am not sure if it was really obvious to my friends and family, who were still around but I am sure it was to my mom since Ashley had gone to school, in august (high school) and since I am home-schooled and mom did not work at the time we spent most days home together.it in the midst of this that God came and showed me his love in a way could never have imagined, which I will tell you about in my next post.
Amen, Hallelujah
Ethan
YOu may also want to check out my posts
John Poole Benefit show Recap
In Ghana 1-4
John Poole W orld traveler witl little notice and much faith
Tonight’s benefit show was great! Great music, great food (thanks Chick-Fil-A), and a great gathering.
We had a total of about 100 people!! Thank you all for coming out!
Here are some photos from this great evening:
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Here very soon, we will have the EP of songs from tonight’s show up here on the internet! Please buy a copy, or as many as you would like, give them to your friends, family, whatever!
They are $5 a copy and all the proceeds will go to John’s missions trip to Australia! There is a total of eight songs.
Artists include:
John Poole and The Exit Interview
Also, I am putting together a video of the whole evening! It will be posted soon!
Thank you again to all those who came out, it was delightful!
God bless,
Stephen
THERE WILL BE FREE CHICK-FIL-A @ THE BENEFIT SHOW FOR JOHN POOLE TOMORROW (FRI. FEB. 20TH)
Ladies and Gentlemen, this coming Friday, the 20th at 6:30 there will be a benefit show at Perrow Church to help raise money for my trip to Australia. Admission will be free, but donations are more than welcome. Being so short-notice, the line-up is still in the works, but will contain music from myself and hopefully many others. Please re-post this bulletin or just get the word out as fast as you can to help me out.
I appreciate it beyond words! Thanks a bunch!!
-John Poole
EVERYONE NEEDS TO COME!
Featuring Music by
JOhn Poole with The Exit Interview
Stage A Scene
Andrew Stonestreet.
ANd Others
This operates as the arching site for all posts of what beacame Le Crier in march 09. Before that it was called RevolutionarYouth, but now serves only as archives for posts before march 09.
Amen, Hallelujah
Zadock
