Seattle Children’s Museum
Tonight, the Christian Evangelistic Association held a gathering at the Seattle Children’s Museum where many of their supporters gathered to meet the planters of new churches. It was a lot of fun, first of all for our kids. I did not see them most of the night as they explored a pretty incredible place of fun and imagination. Second, it was great to meet so many others who, like us, have taken this step into church planting. There were some of the old guard who planted churches years and years ago and guys like myself who are still trying to figure out what they are doing. It was incredibly encouraging to see the fruit of churches who have struggled through this process and have endured.
Every time that Leslie and I get discouraged or over-stressed about something, we try to remind each other that we are in the fire – the refiner’s fire. It is in the fire that we are purified as it burns away the impurity. Our prayer is that we would never run from the fire, but learn to embrace it as a gift from God. I’m still learning…sometimes with my back to the fire as I run.