A member came up to my wife following worship. Very excitedly, she told Juli, given the sermon and theme of worship, she wanted to recommend to Mariners (older adult couples group in the church) that they use the money they raised in a church-wide auction to help rehabilitate a friend of the church's house. We thought, yes! The group decided to spend most the money on rehabilitating this man's house. He is a man who has had health issues and surgery as a result. He has also gotten in legal trouble. One might say he got himself into the situation. One might think he has lived his life such that he can sleep in the bed he made. Many people love the guy and his big heart. In our town some sneer a bit at him because he owns a bar. Sounds like a guy Jesus would hang out with, right?
So anyhow, I just spent the morning scraping paint and caulking windows and getting them ready to prime. Many others have been hard at work the past two weeks doing what we can to help our friend, our neighbor's house. I think it is beautiful. Nothing glamorous about it but it is beautiful. The house will look better and last longer. But I guess the biggest point of the whole thing, is that God stirred one woman's imagination. She shared that vision or imagination and it sparked the imagination of the group. Now people are actively doing kingdom work outside of the church. It is the church hearing and sensing the Spirit and then being obedient. I am just thrilled. It is cool to witness God bring life to the scattered seed and the seedling emerge. The Kingdom of God is near.
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