Report on Kairos Missions Course

Thanks to all who prayed for the missions course I attended. It was really good for me.
First, The LORD especially brought back a phrase that I had heard ?? years ago from Genesis 12:1-3.

Many of you know it I am sure, but the "top line" is God blessing us...but the BOTTOM line is "we are blessed to bless others". This is one important aspect of being Abraham's descendants. As the speaker said "that is the BOTTOM line".

It was really good for me to sit and evaluate (not done yet) how much of all I do is focused on the "top line". It also helped me to see how many of the struggles I have had in the past come from this. Focusing on my goals, my plans, my...my..my... It isn't/wasn't extremely fun to evaluate that, but it certainly is/was necessary.

Secondly, without using all the specialized language, I realized that my view of "the local church" was actually more like a training school or missions organization. That is, my expectations of what people should be doing was WAY TOO HIGH.

I know there has to be an "goal" to run toward. But in the local church, I realized, there will always be those who are just hanging around. And as long as they are not pulling others to sin or causing REAL problems (other than just irritating me) they should be welcome and loved.

In the past one person told me "Your Sunday messages sound like a YWAM DTS." At the time I was quite pleased and couldn't figure out what the complaint was...until now...it was good old BTHS. (Bar Too High Syndrome...actually I just made that up;-) )

THANKS AGAIN to all who prayed for me. It was a great learning experience...
More later...