Overflow...

I have been chewing on 1 Thessalonians 3:12-13, which is the theme verse for the young adult ministry that Kelly and I lead here in Redmond. The text is: May the Lord make your love increase and overflow for each other and for every one else, just as ours does for you. May He strengthen your hearts so that you will be blameless and holy in the presence of our God and Father when our Lord Jesus comes with all His holy ones.

I prayed that God would give the young adults a verse that we could all rally around, while God built this ministry. I prayed that God's love would "overflow" from us to others and yet I realized on Sunday that I forgot one aspect of this. I needed to be prepared and prepare our group for those times when God's Love was poured out ON us from someone else.

Kelly and I launched this blog late Saturday early Sunday as a step of faith that we were going to move forward and let God provide the way.

Well, we were truly blessed beyond our expectations. When we returned from church Sunday afternoon I decided to check our facebook posts. Kelly and I have been really blessed by your well wishes and how many of you posted our blog on your profiles. Thank you, again thank you.

Well God has a way of hitting you with a one two punch. I also looked at my email and was surprised to find an email notification from our 'Donate' button's PayPal account telling us that we had our first donation from a very dear friend for $500.00. Little did did this person know that we were looking at sending off our application and the first fee of $300.00. We also have a few other fees for fingerprinting and alike that are now covered thanks to our friend.

So now I need to share with our young adults that we are praying that our love would 'overflow' on to others, but also that there is something really tangible in accepting that love when it 'overflows' from other.

Thank you for helping Kelly and I live out our "Fearless Dream"

Jeremy