the searbys

As many of you know, I'm all alone this weekend since Jen is in Illinois for a friend's wedding. I'm sure I'll find things to do but last night I sure was bored. It is so true that you appreciate things when you don't have them. Our nightly chats after work, dinner together, watching a TV show, picking up the house. So, I guess I'm saying to those married men out there, appreciate your wife for the little things that she brings to your life every day.

Many people at the coffee shop now know that I am a "preacher." I don't tell them, they ask questions like, "are you a preacher?" It's so strange how they seem to know or something. I wrestle with how much to talk about faith and church here at work. I don't want people to feel like every time they get their coffee they have to have a spiritual or theological discussion. However, I want them to know that I am always myself and can't ignore that, nor would I want to. Many of them have actually asked what time the church service is and pledged they'll show up some week. No one has yet but I'm hopeful. I just try to be the same person at work as I am at church, home, eating out, at a football game, wherever. I don't have to hide who I am, nor do I feel the need to broadcast it so everyone knows. I guess I just believe that if I'm deeply in love with God and the mission of Jesus to bring wholeness and healing to people through love, I'll want to live it out. If I am committed to that, I'll be reading scripture, praying, meditating, serving, and loving as a natural overflow of my being. I won't need to think so critically about it. That's my prayer. I hope that my life speaks the love of Jesus to everyone I meet.

Didn't mean to get all deep on you this morning, I just wanted to share my heart. Hope you're all well.
-joel

Joel - you are authentic, and that is what people notice. Love you, MOM  

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