Been a long time

Wow, It has been quite some time since my last post. Well, lets see if I can get caught up here.
On the home front, things are going great. Faith just got a promotion at Kindercare, Will is really growing (he will be 4 in April) and Odie the cat continues to meow, eat and have fur balls. Fun stuff.

Things are changing at Central Christian Church, and I am very excited to see what the Lord has planned for us. I continue to grow closer with the people at Central and I have been blessed with some amazing friends. It becomes more and more clear that God placed us at Central to open my eyes and prepare me for my future in His church.

Some of you may already know this, but God has been calling me to further my education for a very long time. I never thought that I would be persuing a degree in biblical studies, but here I am, awaiting word from Atlanta Christian College on my acceptance. Everyone around me seems to just know that I will be accepted, I really hope that is the case. I feel God calling me more and more everyday to persue this. I have no idea where everything will end up, but I have and idea that God is grooming me to enter preaching ministry. The world is changing all around us and I really find myself focusing on where the church has gotten too tied up with our culture. In the western world, for the most part, the church has strayed from the guidelines in the bible. Just look around us. Where are we spending our money as a church, We will spend tens of thousands of dollars on making things look pretty and sound amazing, but we spend a fraction of that actually impacting lives around the world. Even when we try to be the "Go and Be" church, we end up being the "Come and See" church. I am very guilty of this myself. I find myself worrying about how the lighting looks, are things dynamic, how does the band sound. instead of focusing on how I am going to impact someone's life with Christ's love. I can show up at church Wednesday night, Friday night, Saturday morning and Sunday morning, but I cant seem to bring myself to just go out and love random people who just may need a piece of what God has given to me.

This is my prayer for today.
"God, clear my mind of all distractions. Help me maintain focus so that I may not become sidetracked with wanting people to come and see what I am doing so I can go and be what You have created me to be. Open my eyes so that I may see your true vision for the church and for myself. Help me grow stronger so that I may be a better witness for You. Amen"