Today we partnered with several other churches in an effort to reach out to an inner city community here in Jacksonville. We gave away clothes, food, drinks, and sno-cones. We had inflatable games for the kids, free blood pressure checks for the adults and plenty of music for everyone. The day was all about investing into the community and encouraging the residents there. I had the opportunity to meet some awesome new friends and reconnect with some that I've known for a little while now. Pastor Moses, his family, and his friends are being exactly what God has called them to be...a light to a dark world.
I had the chance to meet some of the guys at Journey church. Check them out here. http://www.journeychurch.org/ They are doing some cool things in their journey with God.
Today was a good day. It wasn't about who got credit for what. It wasn't about who was in charge. It wasn't even about how much WE were doing. It was all about Loving God and Loving People. It was about seeing God supply more than enough of everything so that nobody went without. It was about being open to pray with someone who was discouraged. It was about making sure the kids were safe on the huge inflatable slide. It was about knowing that the loudest sermon we could preach was serving an all you can eat meal to a man who could (and did) seriously take full advantage of that opportunity. :-) It was about God. It was about people made by God.
Today was a good day.
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