Well it is midnight on a Monday night and you may be wondering why in the world I would be blogging… especially considering that I am desperately missing my mistress… sleep. I haven’t seen much of her lately but tonight I need to push off her tempting warm comforter and soft fluffy pillow for just a few more minutes.

I almost titled this blog Winds of Change because they are blowing here at InDependence, again. Just one of many rapidly occurring events that seem to be happening so quickly, yet so slowly all at the same time, that are shaping our ministry before our eyes. The vision is unfolding and just saying “are you on board?”

I am blogging tonight for me. No I am not playing hard to get (with my mistress), but I just needed to put some of thoughts down for my own therapeutic gain. I am doing some soul searching tonight on a few decisions and I was discussing them with my wife but she fell asleep on me mid sentence. I couldn’t believe it either, but rest assured I now have ammunition for our next lack of communication discussion.

Don’t worry I will be merciful because of what I did to her on Sunday morning. God continues to blow me away and provide us with some new opportunities. I just can’t believe it how His plan works in spite of me. The opportunities seem to come at moments when you don’t seem to have the means available to accept them. In my childish mind I just visualize God saying “I dare you, no I double dog dare you to trust me.” I dare you to stay one step in front of the reality check that says, “How can we do this?”

God’s great sense of humor at play… I linked to the recorded sermon I preached a year ago at Life Pointe and in the message I said “If we will come up with the WHAT God always provides the HOW”. Well Pastor Nathan Griffis, 31 year old church planter, founder of InDependence Church are you going to practice what you preach? Will you live in your current reality or will you leap out of the proverbial plane you referred to in the above referenced message?

Well God… for a decision this big I am asking for conformation in my spirit because I know where my head is at on this. If You will provide that to me, because You love me and wired me with this analytical brain that evaluates everything way too much and is up at 12:30am now still thinking about it, I will continue to run just as hard and fast as I can toward complete Dependence. (Yes honey I know that is a run-on and on sentence but it is late or early or something) I will do my best to remember that You are God and that You have made promises to me. You have not only placed your word in my heart but You have placed a drive to grow Your Kingdom here in Weston.

So I thank You in advance for Your confirmation and I am looking forward to seeing provision and direction in this situation. Great, so now I blogged about it and have a new found peace in the situation, now I am all excited and won’t be able to spend time with my mistress. Sorry I can’t tell you about the potential ministry altering decision yet but I would appreciate your prayers and if you lose some sleep over it with me I would appreciate that. Okay, so that was a selfish request but I can’t lie to you given our next series, “The Moment of Truth”.