Tonight, actually all day I have been praying for tomorrow’s leadership team meeting. I am both excited and nervous. We are about to head out on a new journey as a Church. We are trying to understand ourselves, our history, and finally and most importantly our journey in God’s story. That is the most exciting part of the whole thing. The discovery of Marsh Creek Church’s role in God’s story. What is he doing around us and how can we join him in the work He is already doing. So often we lay the best made plans and ask God to bless them. I am praying that we get a strong vision for God’s dream and join Him in His work in Central Chester County. I am praying for unity for our team. An unity of vision, and direction that can only come through God’s presence among us. I am praying like many other Churches these days for God’s favor. He is the builder of His Church and we simply wait on Him and join Him in what he is doing. That’s when it becomes a God thing, and something so far beyond what we can do that it should be the only thing we want to be a part of. I am praying we can think real big, super big, God sized big. I can’t wait for the journey. I will keep you posted here as to What God is doing and where things are headed.
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I figured it high time to dust off the old blog and engage the world again. Ironically I find no better time than to offer some thoughts and reflect on this weeks events.
The disaster in Haiti is personal for me because I have been there and have had a chance to be impacted by their people. Their faith, their generosity, their hospitality despite their worldly poverty showed me how rich they truly are. What was crushed in a few short moments was largely built by hand over weeks, months, and years. Each cement column and floor was hand stirred and poured by passing buckets of cement. Many patiently waited for a long time to receive the hospitals and schools that would provide a higher quality of life and an opportunity to impact their neighborhood for Gods Kingdom. It breaks my heart to know what was so painstakingly built now lays crushed around them. I am glad to see the world rally to help them. I am greatly encouraged to see the response of the Church in this time of crisis to bring aid as well. In many ways leading the charge as they have been there so long working with the people of Haiti. My prayer for them as a nation is that despite their significant suffering, and untold horror this moment will be a turning point for them. A time in which we come together and help them rebuild. And in rebuilding we are able to give them far more than we have ever given before. I pray they will be overwhelmed by the generosity of the world and especially America and more importantly the Church. I pray that in rebuilding we can offer them things that will work to get rid of hunger, poverty, and disease that plagued them because they often could not get or provide for these needs. I pray the images we see on TV would haunt us, disturb our souls and move us to action. Because as dear as Haiti is to me, this is just one of many heartbreaking realities around the world waiting on the rest of the world to look in and see and move to action.
The Church is alive and well down in Haiti and God has been doing unbelievable things. They have a strong faith, and steadfast hope in the Lord. I was encouraged today as I was scanning the news to hear that they were gathering in town squares, fields, and open spaces to pray, comfort one another, and worship together. In their grief they continue to seek God, despite the significant disaster they face.
If you are part of the Marsh Creek Church family we will take a special offering this week to aid in the recovery. We have also been collecting shoes and have found out those shoes will go to the people of Haiti. I can tell you that this need alone is significant and will go along way in the rebuilding effort. Many do not have shoes and are significantly hindered by having to go barefoot on unpaved roads that are littered with streams of raw sewage and trash. This was before the disaster. Now they must contend with impassable roads and collapsed buildings. Shoes for their feet will impact them a great deal. So please plan to come prepared. For those who may read this from other Church communities take the lead as God moves on your heart to respond.
And let us allow this to be one more moment that moves us closer to the heart of Christ as we humble ourselves to serve our brothers and sisters in need.