The Ups and Downs

Well, it's Sunday morning and I'm sitting here thinking about this past week. There are still 3 launch team members that do not have jobs. Another that needs a new job [company changing leadership and employees] and then yesterday Mike Thompson [Sound Man Extraordinaire] had a heart a major heart attack. Wow! Thankfully he went to the hospital in time and they were able to get things flowing again like they need to and he is recovering well at the moment. So please continue to pray for Mike and his wife Judy as they recover from this surprising turn of events. I know he will be back behind a sound board very very soon.

Team dynamics are so much fun aren't they? Working with people is the 'funnest' most challenging thing in life. If you are sensing sarcasm seeping through the type then you are wrong. I thoroughly enjoy working with people. It challenges me because there are many things I know I can do.

I can turn on a computer and edit video

design a webpage

do a poster design

email

write a letter

I can spend some quiet time and prepare a talk

I can sit down and counsel a friend

oh the list goes on & on. However. In all of that doing I think I miss the greater good many times. If all I do is 'do' then I miss what God is wanting to 'do' in others through me.

Do you ever think that maybe we get so focused on the, "God working 'in' us" part, that we forget the, "God working 'through' us" part? A read a verse from Romans 15 the other day in prayer that said, "Our strength is for serving, not for status." WOW! There is that through us thing again huh?

These awesome people that have moved here to start SouthPoint Church are not only awesome, but they are also the very tools with which God wants to work to change a county. Think about it, if they NEVER meet people. If they NEVER get out of their comfort zones, if they NEVER share the good news of Christ, then SouthPoint will be nothing but a name and a small gathering of people. But when the tools get out of the [tool] box, and into the right hand [of the master] then things can change rapidly.

Yup. I love working with people. It's what God is doing. And I would rather be doing what God is doing then just doing.