The Winter Retreat 2010 is in the bag. Two and a half days with 180 different games, non-stop snacking, no sleep, and a video of three white boys doing the funkiest dance I've ever seen made it yet another great year. Thanks to everyone who made it out. Even without enough snow to make the tubing as exciting as in years past, spending time with God's Body made a weekend to remember.
I think most of us are familiar with Miracle Gro. If not, it's a group of products that you can add to any lawn or garden and before you know it, your drab, ordinary property becomes a lush, rain forest inspiring, neighbor fixating, gravity means nothing to it, weeds-better-not-take-a-second-look-at-this-or-they'll-die-instantly, cornucopia of green, ripe products fit for rulers of magical kingdoms. Or something like that. The idea being, though, it does work we can't, stimulating growth and protection in ways not humanly possible.
The Gospel is amazing and functions in much the same way. A lot of us can remember how it wasn't the necessarily the person who reached out to us that kept us up long nights and brought us back time and time again with questions, it was God's Word; the Bible. It captivates, engulfs, and compels you to consume it, and growth is a natural effect from spending time in it.
There is Power in God's Word, and we need to remember that power when someone we've reached out to isn't as anxious to jump into studies or continue them as we'd like. God does the growing, and His Word, once planted, can do more for that person than anything we say or do. It may take time and the growth may come when we least expect it, but we should never lose faith. And like the man in the parable, when they are ripe, we need to be prepared.
THINGS TO NOTE: Normal Week
THIS WEEK:
Monday - What Monday?
Tuesday- The moving thing has kept me a little busy... Sorry for the tardiness
Wednesday – Normal 7:00 Midweek at the FQ
Thursday – Be in prayer the Youngs. Tragedies like this can't always be prevented, but the fall-out from them can. Dave and Michelle can be pillars in keeping their family strong and in leading them through this with God's guidance and wisdom, and we can be God's support to them.
Friday- Plans TBA - depends on funeral arrangements
Saturday – Go plant seeds so God's Miracle Gro can get to work
Sunday - Normal 10:00 Sunday Service at the MSC
Brett "Miracle Gro + Me = a free trip to the hospital for poison treatment" Hibbler
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