Wow, it's been a while since I last blogged. It's been an exciting season! Rather than trying to catch you up, I'll just keep blogging forward.
As we approach our Christmas Friend Day at The LifeHouse, we've hit some challenges. What are we doing? Well, for this Friend Day, we're bringing in Santa Claus, a professional photographer, a horse & carriage (for vallet service from your parking spot to the entrance of the building), and we're serving a full holiday meal (5 turkeys, 3 hams, and tons more). We're also providing lots of stuff for the kids.
And we've run into some snags along the way: we weren't sure if we had people to cook all the food, couldn't book a horse & carriage without paying a fortune (then, because we waited, we thought we couldn't get one at all), and on and on. While I was wrestling through some of these challenges and details, I had a realization.
I could make all the challenges and difficulties go away. Yep, no stress, no fears, no worries about whether our plans will work out. WE COULD JUST RISK AND TRY NOTHING! Now, that's not actually an option. But, while I was praying it hit me- we face these obstacles because we're trying to do something. When we take on real enemies, fight real battles, we will receive real wounds and bleed real blood. Nothing waggered, nothing lost! But, what kind of life is that? Right? No, Nothing waggered, nothing gained! I'd rather take big risks and attempt to do great things for God, and fail and stumble along the way, then to get comfortable and not try anything at all. So, let's embrace and enjoy the hardships, challenges, and victories of true battle.
It'll be tough, and we'll have to deal with a lot more issues, frustrations, and disappointments along the way, but man is it better than sitting on our duff doing nothing!
No comments:
Post a Comment