"Following the Pillar of Fire"
And the Lord went ahead of them in a pillar of fire to give them light. -Exodus 13:21
June 14, 2009

I came across something I wrote in April, 2008. I thought it would be good to read the words again with 14 months' experience under our collective belt.

"Every week, for as long as it takes, we have to set up and take down everything we use at McCrery's, Pilot School, and our own gym, sometimes at an inconvenient hour and in bad weather. We will have mess. Some of us will shuttle back and forth between buildings.

"Most of all, the unplesantness will interrupt our established patterns. It would be easy to say, 'It's not worth it!' and just stop coming. And then, you would miss the most exciting adventure in any church in New Castle County. And you would miss a golden opportunity to develop the seventh habit of highly effective Christians: making personal sacrifices for the sake of Jesus Christ."

Dear Lord, thank you for the strength to endur and even thrive through long months of change.