Space to Climb Mount Perspective

August 16th, 2025
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2 Corinthians 12:9 – 10, “‘My grace is sufficient for you, for My power is perfected in weakness.’ Therefore, I will most gladly boast all the more about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may reside in me. So I take pleasure in weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and in difficulties, for the sake of Christ. For when I am weak, then I am strong.”

There has been a theme I have been brought back to in reflection over the last few years. It is this: I am weak, yet, the Spirit of God dwells in me and is at work for His glory and my good. But that said, weakness is not the posture I am comfortable being in. I think I am much more comfortable when I feel in control, when I feel like I can accomplish, when I think I can please everyone, when I don’t have to tackle hard places in my life. I don’t like having to remember that I am finite. But this is where God does His best work – in my surrender to Him. And that surrender is ongoing. Meaning, it is over and over again every day!

While Angela and I were away on our sabbatical, I was brought to 2 Corinthians 4:7 again. It says this: “Now we have this treasure in clay jars, so that this extraordinary power may be from God and not from us.” The image that comes to mind is a cracked pot but inside is this glowing light of the Spirit of God at work. It is a beautiful daily reminder for me.

The time away on sabbatical allowed Angela and I to have space to “climb Mount Perspective” and pray on all of the various areas of our lives. The space created the opportunity for the Lord to gently lead and nudge us to places where we could evaluate and pray through. I am humbly grateful for the ability to give to so many important areas of our lives.

We were encouraged with the continual call He has given us in our service to this body of Believers. We were thankful for the (nearly) 18 years of ministry here – and the 25 years of ministry as a church! We were grateful for the answer to prayer for our new building as well as continuing to walk with people to Jesus. We were incredibly blessed with the team of people who serve that make up the church leadership as well as the people He has brought here!

This is just a short snapshot of what the Lord has done in us while we were away on sabbatical. We are so thankful for your prayers.

The Lord is at work in and through each of us who are in Christ – this is such a comfort. Just imagine, He exults over you with loud singing (Zephaniah 3:17), what a thought!

God willing, I will see you tomorrow.

May His Light Shine Through,

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