The last words I shared with the team that went to Mexico this weekend, “Every time I come I am never left wondering ‘Why did I come?’ And this weekend was no exception. I have been here a lot, with hundreds of different people and you as a team from the first minute never ceased to amaze me. You were on point at every turn looking with passion to see how you could love and serve with every moment. I am continually blown away by your passion and commitment to love people.”
I cant help but sit and share my heart. I cant help but realize that the heart exuded this weekend is the soul of PURE and WOL. That heart is simple ‘To love the poor, the poor in spirit, and bring hope to hearts through the experience of Jesus.’ (Compassion for people, passion for God) We look and dream about changing the world, then GO.
But something continues to ring in the back of my mind…‘experience is everything.’ Weve said it for weeks now…simply we cannot live lives of ‘Third Person Passion’ any more. The reality of this weekend = people living out the story God is writing, with them to change the world and bring ‘Hope to Every Heart.’
I am convinced that we were not created to only experience God in the 4 walls of church or the confines of our Community Groups. And I am convinced that if we looked at the scriptures and literally lived them out it might look something like this…
