LM is On the Road with Jesus this Sunday and all the planning is focused on the work we are planning for that day. Everyone is searching for their bright yellow T shirts that announce "God's Word Our Hands" and team leaders are getting supplies organized.
We spend so much time on these things because these are the only things we have any control over. After our planning comes the Spirit, and no one has control over the Spirit. Each group will step out next Sunday and get to work and then the Spirit moments will begin.
New people will be met. New stories will be told. New invitations will be offered. New faces will join the team. The Spirit will be busy moving with and among us to make God's great love for this world absolutely obvious to anyone who looks our way. The Spirit will guide at least one person to share a story from their faith. The Spirit will lead at least one person to connect with this outpouring of talents, and not so talented work, for the sake of the neighbor. The Spirit will challenge at least one of us to think more deeply and grow in our relationship with the Divine.
It might look like painting and baking and planting and singing to the world, but it will really be Spirit work....opening our hearts in greater generosity, helping us recognize the breadth of the gifts we have and our ability to share those with others, leading us to connect with someone who is searching for just that connection, teaching us how to tell our Jesus story simply to another.
It's no wonder that we all get a bit excited about OTRWJ Sunday....we never know exactly what is going to happen. But it will be to the glory of God, and for that we give thanks.
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