Monday, March 5, 2012

It's Time...

To jump off that cliff without a parachute, drop those stones, and step over that line.

As I was meeting for coffee with a lovely woman in ministry, I was encouraged to know I'm not crazy, what I'm doing is not a waste of time, and I'm going to be misunderstood by many people in the churches.

To this she said, "Kylie, keep doing what you're doing, don't be afraid to jump off that cliff without a parachute.  God's got you and He loves what you're doing because you're bringing hope, healing, and Him to those in need."

Coincidentally (or not) our conversation was directed onto the topic of the woman caught in adultery.  We began talking about the fact that so many times we are the people holding the stones when what we need to do is drop our stones.  The coincidence (or not) came when we were have our discipleship group with the young volunteers and this story came up yet again.  I shared with the group that coming and serving at drop-in, serving those young people who come up, we need to drop our stones and step over that line.  Jesus wasn't standing with those who held the stones, He stood alongside her.  If they had thrown the stones, they weren't throwing them at the woman, they would have been throwing them at Jesus.

It's time that we as the Church jump off that cliff without a parachute, drop our stones, and step over that line.  Are you ready?

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