Page 2 of 2- Bad days are sometimes the best days. This truth has taken me from days of not wanting to go to small group to anticipating what I will learn when I do. I am most proud of my own wife, who takes more risks than I ever do. I just watch the group love on her and breathe life in her like few things I have ever seen. I've come to realize that it's not a question of whether they care but will I let them care. I've learned that if I am going to try and live my life alone I can, but I don't have to, and if I do it's my fault. I make myself alone by not making myself known.
- It feels cruel for God to allow pain in my life for someone else's comfort until I am comforted by someone else's pain. Honestly, I'm tired of the pain that results from sin and circumstances I cannot control. However, the profound lesson in all of this is when I said to my group, "This feels crazy and nothing short of insane," they didn't try to fix me. They didn't say I know your pain (because no one fully can). But several of them had a look of understanding. They didn't and needn't say more. But oh how big, how deep that was to me.
- Yes I am crazy. Yes I am overly passionate. But there is something sacred in the circle, and it's my place, my path and my purpose in life! They have helped authenticate my calling in life. You know how sometimes you wonder? Well, I don't wonder anymore. In fact, I dream more and more. I am honored and privileged by what He has given through my group and what I sense He will give in the future. I look forward to what's in store for 2004.
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