What I Want Him To Do

It’s funny the things you remember sometimes. It’s even funnier the things that will trigger a memory. I was simply sitting and home about to head upstairs to make my evening coffee (yes, I drink coffee at night, and yes I know it’s probably not the healthiest choice. Save me the lecture). But anyway, I was about to head upstairs to make coffee and settle into what I call my “writing cave” to knock out a few blogs for work.

Before I did that though I was checking facebook. For whatever reason my eyes fell on some pictures that author/speaker Jared Herd had posted of his family (wife and daughter). I also noticed saw some pictures he had been tagged in from, I guess, passed events he had spoken at. I know of Jared from years ago at Big Stuf Camp. I was a college leader when he started speaking at Big Stuf Camps during the summer.

He was still a young, single guy getting started in ministry. He couldn't have been that knew because he was teaching at Big Stuf, but he was knew-ish.

But as I looked at the pictures of him and his family my mind flashed back to a moment at Big Stuf when I was sitting in the audience next to one of adult leaders Ms. Leslie. I was probably no more than 20 years old at the time. But, I remember sitting next to Ms. Leslie and as he began to preach I leaned over to her and said, “I want my future husband to do that.” Now what in the world did I mean by, “that?”

Did I want whomever I married one day to be a speaker at Big Stuf? No, although that would be cool, but that’s not what I meant.

As I listened and watch Jared speak to the students this desire rose up in my heart that I wanted to marry someone who was passionate, and gifted at effectively communicating the Gospel to this generation. Jared was funny and engaging, but honest and He preached the Truth.  

Who knows what the future holds but anytime I see a picture of Jared Herd or hear him preach I'm immediately taken back to that moment in Panama City as I leaned over to Ms. Leslie, and pointed at  Jared and said, “that’s what I want my future husband to do.”