I'm the type that loves to hit the day running. I don't like to get up and eat breakfast, read the paper, read my Bible or really do anything else before I go to work. To make sure I do the things that matter, like READING MY BIBLE and jogging, I set my alarm for 6 which leaves me plenty of time to be at the church by 8 (even though I'd rather be there by 7). And so today as I was jogging by my neighbor's house he asks if he can get a ride to work for his first day of training. After about 5 seconds of thinking, "this is going to make me late" I got over myself and worked it out that I actually would go in later in order to get him to work closer to his start time. And it was great to connect with him on the drive in.
Know this: I'm not bragging about a good deed. I'm confessing that I even had 5 seconds of feeling inconvenienced when a neighbor needed my help. If I don't think my FIRST job is to help my neighbor, then I'm not following Jesus of the Bible. After all, he did have something to say about our neighbor...
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Monday, June 2, 2008
Saturday, May 31, 2008
Saying Goodbye
It's been a rather ironic few days of goodbye's. Not so much me saying goodbye but being around a lot of others doing that.
1st on Thursday Kevin, Julie (East Campus Children's Director) and a few others helped clean out the now closed Community Christian Church's belongings from the building they had rented for church. To me it was just stuff that was being donated to the Rummage Sale for the Women's center. But to them it represented 25 years of ministry. It's hard for them to say goodbye to it. Yet I now they are expectant of great ministry at Suncrest-East. Btw, the rummage sale raised $2000 for the Women's Center.
On Friday I went to the visitation for Steve Szoke. Even though it had just started a long line had already formed. I can't imagine what his wife, child and mom and dad are going through. Yet, I know they are held together by the fact they will see him again in eternity. His legacy will live on in his family and the church that was his dream, Impact Christian Church.
And today, I performed a funeral for the father of a Suncrester. I was very disappointed by the service the funeral home gave. This is not the first time I witnessed poor service for a family. It's one thing to have poor service over dinner. It's another when you are trying to grieve the loss of a loved one. I pray God will use something from the few moments I shared with them. I could only detect faith from a few of the family members.
1st on Thursday Kevin, Julie (East Campus Children's Director) and a few others helped clean out the now closed Community Christian Church's belongings from the building they had rented for church. To me it was just stuff that was being donated to the Rummage Sale for the Women's center. But to them it represented 25 years of ministry. It's hard for them to say goodbye to it. Yet I now they are expectant of great ministry at Suncrest-East. Btw, the rummage sale raised $2000 for the Women's Center.
On Friday I went to the visitation for Steve Szoke. Even though it had just started a long line had already formed. I can't imagine what his wife, child and mom and dad are going through. Yet, I know they are held together by the fact they will see him again in eternity. His legacy will live on in his family and the church that was his dream, Impact Christian Church.
And today, I performed a funeral for the father of a Suncrester. I was very disappointed by the service the funeral home gave. This is not the first time I witnessed poor service for a family. It's one thing to have poor service over dinner. It's another when you are trying to grieve the loss of a loved one. I pray God will use something from the few moments I shared with them. I could only detect faith from a few of the family members.
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