Our pastorship reign has ended.

While I enjoyed preparing for the Sunday morning services, I am relieved to be finished. I must say Pastor Doug sure makes it look easy, up there every Sunday.

The video series this week reminded us that Jesus' life was not just at story. The way he lived his life was an example. While He does call us to tell the story of Jesus, He more specifically asks us to tell the story by living as an example. This Sunday our scripture reference came from Luke's gospel telling us the story of the blind man and the story of Zacchias. What inspired this reference for me was actually a video the kids requested to watch on Thursday afternoon for kids club. The movie was called "The Story of Jesus for Kids". It showed as Jesus was followed by thousands and thousands of people wanting to hear what He had to say. Then it showed a blind man screaming for Jesus as he walked past. People were everywhere, I don't know how He was able to hear the blind man. Jesus stopped the crowd and turned to find this man yelling His name. The crowd stopped and watched in amazement as Jesus simply placed His hands on him and the man could see again. As the movie continued, Jesus and the crowd continues into a town. He is teaching and sharing with the crowd as he walks. He then stops the crowd again to call Zac down from a tree saying "I want to stay at your house." This man was a cheating, tax collector and Jesus wanted to spend the day with him. Watching this reminded me that Jesus' calls us not only to the crowds, but to individual people. While Billy Graham preaching to arena filled crowds is great, it is not where God has placed me. He has me in a place where I can go to one person's house, or hear the voice of one man calling out for help.