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In the adaptations of the classic tale Peter Pan, the villain Captain Hook is terrified of clocks. He hates them because their every “tick” and “tock” remind of him of the crocodile who took his hand. In the film Hook, the audience even gets to see a room filled with Captain Hook’s smashed clocks.
While I have never demolished any time-keeping device, nor lost any part of my body physically, I can relate to Captain Hook on one thing. I do not like time and how it is constantly moving forward. Along with the constant rush, I do not like the often unpleasant surprise it brings, which is change.
I met my friend Matt Naugle, at a bible study at CMC in Steamboat the fall semester of 2011. We hung out a lot during bible study and went on retreats. When I left to go to CSU, I got to see him when I came home at Christmas and during the summer. When I started my second year at CSU, he moved to Fort Collins, and has lived here for almost three years since.
Now, in less than a week, he’ll be moving to North Dakota, for a management position in the oil field. While I do think that’s a great opportunity for him, ever since he told me he was moving Sunday night, I have not been able to “shake it off” fully.
I have worried and worried, then worried again, that him moving destroys my support system. That since my very few friends here are going away, married, or about to be married, that sooner or later I will be alone.
Yet, this is the not the first time I’ve felt alone. This is not the first time I’ve felt “the sky was falling.”
Almost ten years ago, I was moving away from Louisiana, where I had lived most of my life. Instead of my friends moving away from me, I was leaving them. I felt hopeless and like I had no purpose.
However, through the twenty one hour drive to Colorado, I listened to my I-Pod and cherished every song. When I felt like I had nothing or no one to hold onto, it was the music that calmed my heart and soothed my fears.
Sometimes it feels like all we have is a song. Sometimes it feels like the world is constantly changing, loved ones are constantly leaving, and that the work we’re doing and the lives we’re living don’t even matter at all.
During my multiple talks with friends and family this week, one friend told me this. We can always know there are two constants in life: change and Jesus. Holding on to Him means that we can stand against anything else we may face.
In conclusion, we can rest in His loving arms and simply…
“Take courage when the road is long
Don’t ever forget we’re never alone”
Until Next Time,
Jacobo
The Adventures of A Warrior 