Days like today

I’m not finished with college.  Yes, I know this is a tragedy.  Everyone asks with expectation “where did you go to college?”

I answer, “Oh I’m not done quite yet.”

The funny thing about that answer isn’t so much that I’m still awaiting my chance to move on from the confines of Lincoln, but the fact that I am far better off doing what I am doing now than what I had been at school.

Days like today really get to me.  They burrow on into my creative and inspirational makeup and decide to stay for awhile.
Days like today really help me. Accomplishing so much in such a little amount of time, pushing past limits I have implemented on myself.

Days like today happen more now that I am at Elevate than they ever did in 4+ years at Lincoln. Don’t get me wrong, Lincoln is a great school if you go there for the right programs, but it wasn’t until finding my niche at Elevate that days like today happened.

Our Pastor challenges us each and every week, everything that he wants from us is big.
(Headsup: If you aren’t in a church where your pastor asks big from you, rethink why you’re there.)

Everything he asks from us is to fulfill our Church mission.
(MISSON: We are a church for unchurched people to find life in Christ.)

It wasn’t until I gave more time to my church than I gave to worrying about my school grades and social standing amongst its students that I realized the heart of Elevate. Everything we are doing is for people to find Life. Never before has this been so burdened on my heart. I think that throughout a christian life there is complacency that occurs on the unchurched people we see. Sometimes resentment.

It’s days like today that push me deeper into the vision and mission of Elevate.

If your heart hurts for the lost, then hurt with me. Hold nothing back and openly love the lost. Wherever you are and at whichever church you serve at, find your footing. Let loose your personal chains and love.

Days like today only happen when we love.