Rumblings and a perspective change

But forget all that—it is nothing compared to what I am going to do. For I am about to do something new. See, I have already begun! Do you not see it? I will make a pathway through the wilderness. I will create rivers in the dry wasteland. (Isaiah 43: 18-19)

You know what you think of when you think about the rumblings at the start of an earthquake? Or even the far off thunder from a storm that is coming? You know something is about to happen. You can feel it. That's what the Holy Spirit is doing here in Augusta. God has been moving in big ways, opening doors of relationships that will be instrumental for God to usher in His kingdom among people who need it. Big things are about to happen. The Holy Spirit is about flow. I don't know exactly when it will happen. It may not happen until after we leave Augusta, but things are a-rumbling. It may sound strange, but I can literally feel it. When Jesus sent out the 72, he sent them two by two to every town and place where he himself was about to go (see Luke 10). We (no doubt a pair!) have been brought here to this city by the Lord to prepare the city for Him by cultivating the soil and planting seeds, and he is coming after us.

Now about that perspective change. It only took me 8 months to get here. Originally upon moving away from all of our security, I had the opinion that we were moving to Augusta to plant churches. We had a tangible something that we were going to do. Now in a way that is still true. However I have come to realize that more than anything else we are here to live life. We're not on a task to complete something per sae. We're just here to live. In the process of our living, we hang out as a family, we're raising our two boys, Scott works at the Y, we're intentionally building relationships with people in the community for the purpose of sharing Jesus, and from there churches will organically spring up. Organic is just that....organic. It just happens; it comes about naturally throughout the course of our daily lives. Now that might not make a lick of sense to you, but it makes sense in my head, so there you have it. :)

Naptime is about over. I love my boys, but I love this time of the day too when their naps overlap and I have 2 hours to relax. And I really do try to relax and do things for myself and not rush around trying to get things done. Sometimes I do, but for the most part I rather do the housework while they're around, for many reasons, and save naptime for relaxing. But that's a whole other topic for another time. Happy Friday everyone!!!