In A House - A Place We Are Called
In a few days, 20 to be exact, we will be in Boulder and having church in our home.
This is not the way I wanted to start and one year ago I would not have considered it. I wanted to have a place to meet, I wanted a lot of people to start out with, I wanted to look legitimate. None of these is happening. Basically it is my wife and I. By the way, no church planter or church plant boot camp would suggest this start.
How spooky all this seems to me, and how hard it is for me to admit. Yet we still are called to Boulder and we feel we cannot walk away. We feel bound. Some suggest we should run away from going to Boulder, but we cannot. Not because of pride, but because of peace. I would love to call this off. The cost of living is ridiculous in Boulder and everything costs more than anywhere else I would like to go. Where I live now I could live like a king for what I will spend in Boulder. However, none of this matters, what matters is that God has given us the ability and the way to live in Boulder and he wants us to use what we have to reach the people in Boulder.
A man once told me that it doesn't matter where I go, just as long as I go. I did not buy that then and I don't buy that now. Where a person goes is important, just look at Paul being called in a dream to go in a different direction or St. Patrick called to Ireland. Does it matter where one goes. YES. We are called to Boulder. I love that.
So we are going to Boulder, by ourselves and with no or little help. I love it. If this is God's work He gets to pay for it. I look forward to seeing how it will work. Hmmm, is this faith?
I'll leave you with a question. Why is it that church plant experts say we need a team when we plant in the US, but when a "missionary" goes to a foreign country it is acceptable to go by ones self? Are the people in other countries somewhat inferior and only need a handful of people? (thanks Earl)
I am going to Boulder and nobody wants to go because the price is too high to pay or because I can't pay them. They like the idea of going to Boulder, but it is a hard thing to do, "ministry" that is, when being bi-vocational. Paul did it. I'm going to do it. I can't blame anyone, this is a call and when that sinks in, when it is right; the right people will be there.
If you feel called somewhere just go and see what God does. (from Stan by way of Earl)
Pax out baby!
This is not the way I wanted to start and one year ago I would not have considered it. I wanted to have a place to meet, I wanted a lot of people to start out with, I wanted to look legitimate. None of these is happening. Basically it is my wife and I. By the way, no church planter or church plant boot camp would suggest this start.
How spooky all this seems to me, and how hard it is for me to admit. Yet we still are called to Boulder and we feel we cannot walk away. We feel bound. Some suggest we should run away from going to Boulder, but we cannot. Not because of pride, but because of peace. I would love to call this off. The cost of living is ridiculous in Boulder and everything costs more than anywhere else I would like to go. Where I live now I could live like a king for what I will spend in Boulder. However, none of this matters, what matters is that God has given us the ability and the way to live in Boulder and he wants us to use what we have to reach the people in Boulder.
A man once told me that it doesn't matter where I go, just as long as I go. I did not buy that then and I don't buy that now. Where a person goes is important, just look at Paul being called in a dream to go in a different direction or St. Patrick called to Ireland. Does it matter where one goes. YES. We are called to Boulder. I love that.
So we are going to Boulder, by ourselves and with no or little help. I love it. If this is God's work He gets to pay for it. I look forward to seeing how it will work. Hmmm, is this faith?
I'll leave you with a question. Why is it that church plant experts say we need a team when we plant in the US, but when a "missionary" goes to a foreign country it is acceptable to go by ones self? Are the people in other countries somewhat inferior and only need a handful of people? (thanks Earl)
I am going to Boulder and nobody wants to go because the price is too high to pay or because I can't pay them. They like the idea of going to Boulder, but it is a hard thing to do, "ministry" that is, when being bi-vocational. Paul did it. I'm going to do it. I can't blame anyone, this is a call and when that sinks in, when it is right; the right people will be there.
If you feel called somewhere just go and see what God does. (from Stan by way of Earl)
Pax out baby!
posted by Matt Smith at 2:32 PM
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