Positive Post Tuesday: SE
Today I believe to be my first venture into “Positive Post Tuesday”. So here it goes. I first want to make a disclaimer and say that this post will be centered around “The Well”, but it will most likely jump around quite a bit.
I have had the pleasure being a part of the launch team for The Well’s South East Campus. We started a campus at Sunnyside High School about 5 months ago and it has been a joy. The team that was assembled for this task is stellar and has really put 110% into everything they do. I has been a lot of work without really getting a break, but that pales [not sure if this is the correct spelling/usage, but you know what I mean] in comparison to the stories that have come out in the last 5 months. There are really too many people to list, but I want to highlight just a few.
First is the campus pastor, Dave Obwald. Dave is the figurative glue that has held all our crazy personalities/ideas together. In his “harmonizing” way he has guided this leadership team well!
The second is the engineering team. Obwald asked me to lead this team when we started SE. I was really nervous/lacking confidence at this task, but my team has been stellar. This team consists of Corbin, Dave W, Joel, Max, Art. As part of the engineering team, these guys were asked to come early and stay late. It has been awesome to get to know each of them and just get to serve the church alongside them.
Last note. I have been really blessed by the message the past months. We are going through the book of John and have gone through the death and resurrection the last few weeks. Brad and the teaching team have really brought the book of John to life in ways that I have not really thought of before. And the beauty of the Word is even if you hear it through video teaching [this is the setup at SE] or live, the message of Christ stays the same!
A Blogging Habit
So for a while I was fairly consistent in posting to this lackluster blog. That was about 6 months ago. Since, I have been averaging about 2 posts a month.
Oddly enough there seems to be a correlation between blogging and my thoughts being a little straighter. I have kinda slacked off on journaling as well so those thoughts in my head have just been swirling with no way to get out.
I light of all that I am going to attempt a rebirth of my blog. I am definitely the type of person that benefits greatly from writing my thoughts on a page. I feel that I can articulate those swirling thoughts in a way that I might not still understand them, but they are viewable none the less; which helps in the processing of those thoughts.
So be looking forward to a bit more consistency, but I will never reach the dedi-blogging status [there is no good way to mix dedication and blogging] of these two guys. GUY 1 and GUY 2.
Conviction
Have you ever had those times where you heard a message or just were reminded about something you need to try and make right? Well I had one of those moments this morning. I was sitting in college hour at Fresno Pacific and this week is relationship emphasis week. [ok now is your chance to make all your jokes about Christian Colleges and ring by spring] OK with that behind us we can move forward. It was a guest speaker, and I can’t tell you her name, but the things she said brought about that feeling of something is not right.
Since my last relationship ended over 6 months ago I feel I have “gotten over it”. I was the one that broke it off and it was not the smoothest of all break ups. Lets just say it was one of those situations that was not mutual. I knew at the time that it was the right thing to do, but it didn’t make the fact of the matter any easier. So this brings me to my current state.
I am definitely a people person and I have thankfully been able to have friendships post relationship with a few ex’s. Obviously this has happened over time, but it is nice not to feel any resentment against those friends. Unfortunately, I don’t get the feeling that there is a want for any friendship on her end. This is my dilemma/frustration. I want to be considerate to her feelings and space, but at the same time I don’t want to just sit and do nothing which I might regret. After this mornings message I am feeling the need to reach out and try to take a step closer to having a friendship.
This is my conviction right now that I am wrestling with. A verse that I was reminded of this morning was Proverbs 16:9 — “Many are the plans in a man’s heart, but it is the Lord’s purpose that prevails”. My thoughts on this are; this is so easy to read, yet so hard to live.
A Nation That Works
Here is a quote sent to me by a friend. I think this illustrates the importance of working for what you receive. I was taught from a young age that I must work hard in everything that I do. Also, being a good steward does not mean you sit and expect someone to give you what you don’t work for. Read the quote and give me your feedback.
“You cannot legislate the poor into freedom by legislating the wealthy out of freedom. What one person receives without working for, another person must work for without receiving. The government cannot give to anybody anything that the government does not first take from somebody else. When half of the people get the idea that they do not have to work because the other half is going to take care of them, and when the other half gets the idea that it does no good to work because somebody else is going to get what they work for, that my dear friend, is about the end of any nation. You cannot multiply wealth by dividing it.”
~~~~~ The late Dr. Adrian Rogers, 1931 – 2005
