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Gift Mart Video

This is the video Khronus.tv put together last week for a quick recap of the Gift Mart.  Fun stuff.

Gift Mart hangover...

This was unlike anything I've been a part of anywhere, anytime.  I don't really have the words to describe it.  It just felt right.  I hesitate to begin to thank individuals at this point.  I think I will wait until we have a chance to de-brief.  I will say thank you to Zenda Rutherford and Casie Jo Hull who jumped into this project a few months ago when I tossed the idea their way.  They had no idea what we were getting in to but had the faith and confidence to move forward.  Today we all reaped the benefit of months of planning and work.  Many volunteers walked away a little tired today but if they are like me they still have images of the day dancing in their minds.  What a ride... DON'T BLINK.

The Servant's Entrance

"The fastest way to the throne will always be through the servant's entrance." W. Cordiero

I don't even know how to begin.  So... I'll shoot it straight.  It's Biblical truth.  It's been proven throughout history.  It's tough for young men to get.  But... here it is... you don't start at the top.  It begins with with a towell not a throne.  The scripture to support the principle are too numerous to list.  It's at the very foundation of what Jesus taught.... "I came to serve not be served..."  Want to do amazing things?  Want the world to know just how much you love Jesus?  Want him to use you to change the world?  Pick up a towell and wash someone's feet... again and again and again... just about the time you think you've paid your dues... you'll just be getting started.  In the process maybe... just maybe... God will have transformed you enough to use you... to serve someone... DON'T BLINK.

LUKE 14 ⁸"When someone invites you to a wedding feast, do not take the place of honor, for a person more distinguished than you may have been invited. ⁹If so, the host who invited both of you will come and say to you, 'Give this man your seat.' Then, humiliated, you will have to take the least important place. ¹⁰But when you are invited, take the lowest place, so that when your host comes, he will say to you, 'Friend, move up to a better place.' Then you will be honored in the presence of all your fellow guests. ¹¹For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted."

Nobel Prize

In a society where words mean more than actions the Nobel Prize becomes less noble and less of a prize.  The favorite to win this year actually did something besides talk.  Fortunately this type of hero doesn't serve to receive accolades from the public.  There is a much higher calling at work.  Wonder if Obama will invite him over for a beer?

"... Greg Mortenson, nominated for the prize by some members of Congress, who the bookies gave 20-to-1 odds of winning. Son of a missionary, a former army Medic and mountaineer, he has made it his mission to build schools for girls in places where opium dealers and tribal warlords kill people for trying. HisCentral Asia Institute has built more than 130 schools in Afghanistan and Pakistan - a mission which has, along the way, inspired millions of people to view the protection and education of girls as a key to peace and prosperity and progress." TIME by Nancy Gibbs

Be The BOD...

Our hearts and prayers go out to the Jones and Blaylock Families.  May the peace of God rest on you in your mourning.

Let us be known more for what we do outside the walls of the building in serving the world than what happens when we gather on Sundays.