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I love talking to parents about their kids.

I love opening their eyes to a God-sized vision for their family.

I love the fact that I’m on that same journey with them.

According to John Maxwell, “The happiest people in the world are those who do what they love and love what they do.”

I’m happy.

We offer 6 different worship experiences every weekend.  It works out that our longest attending peeps typically come to our Saturday night experiences.  Most of our guests come Sunday morning.

So why is it that our officers directing traffic between our Saturday night worship experineces see more of ‘the finger’ than all day Sunday?

That’s sad.

From my kids…

• 2 year olds don’t like it when they don’t get their way.  i’ve always known this, but my son feels the need to remind me occassionally.
• there are certain socks for certain shoes.  it has nothing to do with the sock color but has everything to do with the seam, where it sits on the toe and how it is affected by the shoe.  oh. my. word.
• my 8 year old can eat his weight in cereal
• a spider man pajama top can double for their shirt the following day.  sweet

from reading…

• my worship is very self-centered… but i’m learning how to change that
• my world is too safe
• sometimes i just don’t agree with what Paul says (heresy, i know)

from my friends…

• focusing too much on a problem brings me to a place of worshiping the problem.  focusing on God and submitting the problem to Him keeps me in a place of worshiping Him
• the holy discontent God placed inside me is easily buried by the tyranny of the urgent

hope all my blogging peeps have a great weekend.  see you on twitter 

God has a way of stopping me in my tracks. 

Thankfully I’m a little better at listening. 

A little.

It’s been a rough few months in ministry.  And it’s beginning to wear on me.  Much of the stress is surfacing and my ability to fend it off is diminished. 

It’s a road I’ve traveled before and thankfully I recognize the signs.  But it doesn’t change the fact that it’s wearing on me.

Today God stopped me in my tracks.  I had my plans.  My schedule… and it was full.  Full of all the ministry ‘things’ that must be accomplished so that I shine as a ministry leader.  That’s my problem.

Leaving my first appointment of the day, I walk to my car only to find a flat tire. 

“I can do this”, trying to convince myself.

I don’t freak out.  I know how to change a tire.  My dad showed me when I was 16.  (I’m almost 36… it’s been a while) 

But I don’t think the point of the excercise is to freshen up my tire changing skillz.  I think the point is God is asking me to stop and define a few things. Stuff like…

• ministry work vs. ‘busy’ work
• tasks He’s handed me vs. tasks I’ve contrived for myself
• the Holy Spirit prompting me vs. my own concieted, people-pleasing, self-gratifying heart leading me

He has a way of stopping me in my tracks… literally.  Because He knows I won’t hear Him any other way. 

So, I’m listening now, Lord.

 

…and super-size it, please.

Anyone else feel this way?

 

I see families hurt and it hurts.

 

I wonder if I’m too invested.

 

But if I’m not invested then how could I call it ministry.

 

If I’m not invested, it’s just a job.

 

The day this becomes just a job… I quit.