On the other hand, I can't wait to get moving! I have never been a patient person - once I see the potential to get something rolling, I want to get moving! I have been greatly blessed with a team of great couples in Jackson who are anxiously awaiting the point when we are on site and moving. We are looking forward to getting connected to those families and beginning the enormous task in front of us!
I have often heard the term "bitter-sweet," but I don't know that I have understood it as keenly as I have today. I assume that every church planter goes through this kind of emotion - torn between comfort and calling - - between what is and what could be - - between those we love and those we will. The thing that will keep us moving forward is the simple truth that there are people in and around Jackson, TN that we are called to help take their "next step" toward Christ - it doesn't just look good on paper as a mission statement, it really is what we have been about for the last 7 years... we are just proving that we mean it!
Pray for us! Here are a couple of specifics:
- Focus. There is a great deal to be accomplished both in Jackson and here at New Hope. My hope is that, through prayer, we will be able to do both preparation and effort related to MOMENTUM here.
- Funds. This is the worst possible time to need to raise money for something like this - pray that God will raise up champions who will sacrifice for the cause of the Gospel. (I have another post that I have been working on for this one... incredible amounts of God's glory could be seen through this uphill battle!)
- Family. Sheila and the girls are beginning the transition well. As the weeks and months roll on, that will become increasingly difficult. Pray for each of us as we simply "edit" the way that we relate to those we love around here. Also, pray for the sale of our home (and the timing).
I would WELCOME your comments below! Feel free to write anything... something you love - - something you hate - - you can even write out your prayer... if you do that kind of thing, we all benefit!
Jeremy
2 comments:
Bittersweet is the word. Yesterday in 3rd service when you baptized your daughter I don't think there was a dry eye in the house. I have experienced a connection with you over the few short months I've been attending New Hope through the way you sermon and the way you interact with everyone; you're the real deal and i think it helps people my age relate because alot of the mixed up things you feel we feel too and it's cool to know even a pastor feels those same things, and I'm so going to miss that. I will keep you and your family in my prayers and trust God will iron out all the details of your transition to TN. It's beautiful down there; you'll love it! Jenn
Things I hate...the Brown's moving...that's all :)
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