Pondering the meaning of it all

Recently i have bumped up against some really cool people.  Now i have known them for awhile, but opportunity allowed me to have in depth conversation with them about hopes, dreams, failures, pain. Basically understanding who they were and where they were going.

People are stinking amazing...who knew right?  Men and women with such passion, with great expertise, with volumes of experience...they are out there in the wide world making a difference for Christ in their homes as amazing moms and dads- leading their children to honor God and seek His plans for their lives from an early age.  They are out there as business owners, as teachers, newly weds, as former drug pushers & users, as fast-food employees, as single moms, as people who with their hands, as people seeking a job, as people discipling others, as people loving unlovely people.

People?  Who would have thought there could be so much good in them considering where they have come from?  God could & did.

God redeemed us for living such as this.  When you stop for a moment this week to ponder the meaning of it all, consider this...in the grand scheme of life you have a purpose and generally I can speak truth from the bible as to what that is.  You are to to sow seeds...be a farmer.  investing the life you have into others.  as a writer, an artist, a dad, a boss, a leader, a follower, a care-giver, a prayer warrior, a chemist, a teacher, a wife, an administrator.

Give what you have to God - He does not ponder, He knows the meaning and linking and the connectivity of it all.  you are a piece, a link to His global strategy to share the Good News of Jesus Christ - to bring hope to hopeless people in hopeless places.  You are the hammer to put a dent in the darkness, you are the light to illuminate, you are the spark to ignite, you are the arms to hug and hold and comfort, you are the hands to clap and shake and grasp hold.

Ponder no longer and live your legacy.

Sunday @ Capstone we continue SUMMER VACATION - don't miss it.  Our parable of Jesus study will encompass the story of the sower and the soils from Luke chapter 8.  I hope to see you there.

Pray for me - I am preaching @ Camp McCall the next 2 nights to boys and men from all over the state.  This is the camp I worked at as a college student and attended for 11 summers as a camper.  It is always huge to go back and give back.

DB