8-29-2010

All my life I have dreamed of making a difference in my community. It begins today.

I grew up in the small city of White Settlement, TX. I took a lot of flack over the years because of its name... some folks see it as a racist thing... but I still have a heart for the place. As a child I could see things going on that I KNEW I could help with. I saw friends making difficult decisions and businesses struggling. Even as an adult I have cried in my heart over the way things have gone for this city, now a virtual ghost town.

As a young adult, I made the decision to move back in with my parents due to a new financial plan I was making for my life. Little did I know this move would lead me right back into the same little city, but eventually, it did.

The other day I was on FaceBook and I decided to create a post asking my FB friends if they would be open to coming to church with me. In all honesty, I was hoping to get some of my work friends to come check it out, but I think God had a different plan. As it turns out I did get a couple responses to my post and I even ended up taking three people to church with me this morning. I grew up with two of them, in the little city of White Settlement, and the third was the two year old daughter of one of them. Not only has my generation been touched today, but also the next. =)

Maybe God doesn't have the same vision for White Settlement as I did, what with politics and business being involved. Maybe God wants to use me not to change the PLACE I grew up in, but the people I grew up with. I don't know what the end result will be, but I know I am 100% honored to be able to touch the lives of those who made my little neighborhood feel like home. I hope that now, I can help them feel at home in the loving arms of Jesus Christ.

I feel very accomplished today, but I also know that it will never be enough when it comes to serving and giving my all for Jesus Christ.