Yeah Mike!

Dear Friends:

Yeah for Mike! He did a great job sharing about extravagant grace
yesterday. And certainly his demonstration of placing a cup in the
center of a large bowl and filling the cup with water to where it
overflowed was demonstrative of what we are as Christians to allow
grace to do for us. Overflow and pour out into our sphere of influence.
Great job!

And thanks to Aaron for jumping in to bring worship to us. He did a
great job and we appreciate him.

While the weather hampered traveling some, thanks to all of you who
could make it and to the rest of you we were praying for you and
thinking fondly of you.

I have been thinking a lot about the relationships each of us have and
the process we have for building new ones or strengthening old ones.
Last night I had a reunion with some friends. They do not live far from
here. Why haven't we seen each other in almost a year? Because we are
all too busy. It brought up a conversation last night about it. Part of
the conversation resulted in me thinking, "how do I get un-busy?" Part
of that process is trusting more in Him. When I trust Him, I am less
inclined to race out and do something. The other part is security in my
relationships and the knowledge that people love me.

And one part I come to is that I must put honor and esteem into the
relationships I already have. I can handle a lot of things but shallow
relationships aren't working for me. And so I guess I have come to the
conclusion that one must "limit" his relationships. Meaning we can only
have just so many really good ones. And I think as a body of believers
we can not rely on one person to meet all our needs even from the point
of ministry. There are better counselors coming into this group than I.
People coming who have more time to pray with you and others. We have
better dream interpreters than I in this house. Others more gifted in
music and drama. Better bakers and cooks than some of us. Our job is to
hold the "fort" so to speak until others come along more gifted or
skilled than perhaps you or I in various areas. I want to help
everyone, but as more and more people come to the "table" I can not. I
am building my relationships with you. New people as they come in, are
going to be gently handed off to people like Mike. Until his "quiver"
is full. We can not maintain the level of love we have if we go around
like bumblebees. One of the simplest ways to tell you are busy, is how
many people in this group do you touch base with in a week? Do they
call you or do you call them? What about those who were not able to
make it on a Sunday or a Tuesday? Most of us have "inferiority
complexes" on one level or another. And so we often do not reach out.
And when we are not reached to, it can bother us. When we reach out we
are shifting things to a positive place. I think that is our goal. To
reach out to one another.

One more thing.
Aaron shared his heart for the skateboarders. There are a lot of them.
They are one facet of our community. We can make inroads and shift this
community, but only by maintaining a level of love and compassion for
one another. Tomorrow night I want us to discuss how we can build
stronger relationships one with another. Bring a verse or two to share
with each other about your thoughts.

We love you guys. See you!

Love,
Lee & Tina

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