What I see
I see 100 life groups happening all over Central Massachusetts.
I see people people living out their lives together and learning what it is to “be like Jesus”.
Different backgrounds. Different stages of life. Different living conditions.
But one God.
And one Savior.
100 Groups of people listening to the Father, much like the One who gave His life for all of us thousands of years ago.
Not judging, criticizing, or forcing one another into a mold.
For where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.
And we were created for freedom.
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Its a beautiful vision indeed…
apparently there’s another david commenting
i think I was here first
i’m really not a david, it just seemed appropriate given the circumstances.
100? wow! lofty goal.
know 100 leaders with the gift of hospitality, unusually deep understanding, and a strong faith in Christ?
No. Not in New England. But we will.
Among the sentences I never thought I’d say, (and you probably never thought you’d here)
“Garret, before I saw the wiener, I didn’t realize that was you.”
In seriousness, as I reflected on this, I started thinking about Jesus’ words… the harvest is rich, the laborers few. The common thing is to apply this to exotic locales and people who fit the stereotype of missionary…
It’s so easy to wax philosophical when you’re not the guy who feels the burden of making the rubber hit the road. But ramifications this verse has for what we’re doing.
After an exhaustive study (o.k. Actually I just read the chapter where the quote appears)… beyond the obvious of praying that God would deliver leaders to us, one of the things that’s always struck me about that chapter of the bible is that it’s so frantic. Jesus seems to be torn in 8 directions at once. Certainly his disciples must have felt that way. It’s an interesting juxtapostion: Jesus word’s say that God will send as many people as we need, but their actions indicate that it may not always feel this way.