Many of you know that I spent this last summer working at a Foursquare church in Seattle, WA. The past ten weeks have been a beautiful compilation of growth, transformation, excitement, love, trials, tiredness and a lot of good coffee. I have learned so much about who God is and what He is doing to transform not only my heart, but the heart of His Church. It has been absolutely awe-inspiring to watch God move with His divine creativity, through such a dynamic and diverse city.
I return with a new-found passion for God's truth and a ridiculous conviction to live out Christ's true, mad love. I now know just how deep my love for the world runs. I also know that my love for this world is but a small portion of God's powerful, infinite love. Might I remind you that God, the creator of the universe loved the world so much that He sent His perfect son to live and die that we may live and never die. How often do we forget this mad love?
Coming back from Seattle, I have a very strong desire to be around the broken people of this world and this city. I want to know them, I want to love them. I want to love them like a crazy person. And the thing is, we are all broken. We are all in need of a savior's grace, we are all in need of this mad love. Why does the church allow her love to be so limited? Why are we afraid to love? This cannot do.
I pray that this next year be filled with opportunities for me to exercise this new-found passion, as I know it will be. I pray that God show me how to walk boldly in His love, all while teaching me how to humbly enable other's to do the same. I look forward to this upcoming season with a confident anticipation, knowing that it will be a beautiful, challenging, impacting year.
Thank you Eastside and Faith Center. My home, and my home away from home.
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