Still rolling the message of SUnday around in my mind. Maybe because there is a little of “our world is messed up” or “life is confusing”….we talked about on Sunday.
Rather mindblowing sharing and thinking of how to share God’s story…..very good. You can see the youtube videos HERE.
Excellent message….something to think about throughout the year. Favorites:
Lingering time with God = fire burning within because of God (and the question….when was the last time your heart was warmed..even on fire because of God?)
Time to explore where God is, what he is up to and where he is working.
Approach to Scripture: Don’t look for information (or answers because life is confusing) but look for the presence of Jesus
Igniting fire in worship/fellowship…..keeping fire burning when working as a team toward mission.
Please pray for our messed up world. Prayer request for the ministry in Tijuana HERE
Last night at the Farmer’s Market (promoting the new Concordia Preschool and Childcare Center) we had a good evening. I met the woman who organizes a large Mommy’s Group in the neighborhood and our preschool staff has already arranged a special meeting for these mommies! We had a nice group of parents to talk to! The weather was so great and the late afternoon was absolutely delicious! We are grateful for so many parents trusting us to enroll their children in our school even before it has been built! I think we are nearing 70 pre enrolled children. It is being framed now. Please pray for safety and swiftness for the framers…..so that we can meet our schedule. We are excited that the new preschool director is moving in this Saturday! So exciting….
One of the weird things about working in two countries in the same day! Today I was in Tijuana planning preschool tuition….$35 a week for up to 3 children (not per child) from one family. Then going to promo preschool in Chula Vista in the afternoon at the Otay Ranch Town Center’s Farmer’s Market for a bit more……excellent tuition rates for Chula Vista at a first rate school. Of course the two communities are like night and day. However, it is remarkable to know that people with equal commitment to the well being of the children in their care, and a willingness to teach them with love and teach them about the God of Heaven and Earth will be working in each preschool! One preschool will cost between 15,000 and 20,000 by the time it is done and the other one will cost more than $6 million once complete! Surreal…. but very cool that I get to be a part of both of these projects…..
Someone told me a story once, where a person was guided to look back at the journey of their life displayed on a tapestry. “It’s beautiful and perfect,” they said. The guide said, “wait, you are looking at the wrong side.” And he flipped the tapestry over. There on the other side: knots, entanglement, loose threads. It was messy and complex. The guide said, “this is the journey as you lived it. The other side is what you leave behind.”
This is the true joy in life, being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one: being a force of nature instead of a feverish, selfish little clod of ailments and grievances, complaining that the world will not devote itself to making you happy.
I am of the opinion that my life belongs to the whole community and as long as I live it is my privilege to do for it whatever I can. I want to be thoroughly used up when I die, for the harder I work the more I live. I rejoice in life for its own sake. Life is no "brief candle" to me. It is a sort of splendid torch that I have got hold of for the moment, and I want to make it burn as brightly as possible before handing it on to future generations.
