Sunday sermons are usually things that tweak my brain or pull my heart in a new direction. They are often things that give me something to think through for a while, but this week was a treat.
We had a guest pastor. That can be a true hit or miss sort of thing, but he was a hit. The pastor was quite captivating in his speaking and the message was a three part deal for me.
The first part of the sermon focused on comfort. The idea was that we all want to lead a life that is extraordinary and the path to that life, is not comfortable. Discomfort in service to others is the path to a real life. A certain degree of discomfort is a confirmation that you are on the right track.
OK, so that sums up the last year or two of my life.
Just about everything has been out of my comfort zone these days. All the things from foster parenting to home school to just regular life. I've had so many situations where I think this is just so far beyond me and yet I was able to go ahead and do the task or have the conversations in spite of myself. I was able to do things I didn't think I was able to do. I had the conversations even though I was sure I was making a fool out of myself.
It all rang true when I was thinking of it in terms of when you serve them, you serve Him.
It's just that simple.
The next bit of the sermon was a parenting tip. It wasn't meant that way at all, but it applies to my life in that way.
God doesn't run around saying to us do this or else, he is instead before us with open heart saying I really want you to want to do this so that I can give you even more. If God treats me that way, shouldn't I treat my kids the same way?
The final bit was just plain hope. The message was what I've believed for the last decade of my life, "someday, this will all have been worth it".
And so it goes, my friends, so it goes.
Live life in a way that you know in your heart, one day this will all have been worth it.
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