Can you even remember why you got into church work in the first place?
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You wanted to change lives. You wanted to tell His story. You wanted to impact. You wanted to see people place their hope in the Nazarene. You wanted to live out of an authentic understanding of the Kingdom. Words like renewal, worship, creativity, and inspiration led the visionary statements you spoke into existence. Grace ruled.
And then you started working there--at that church.
What began as a marriage between vision and hope morphed into a balancing act between expectations, anxiety, and routine. Your hope of bearing fruit in a garden transformed into a life of production in a factory. You traded the creation of God-experiences for the production of worship widgets.
And if you're not in this situation, you know someone who is.
While there is no solution, you already know that a solution is not really what you're looking for. You're looking for something far greater than solutions.
You're looking for hope. And that's where the really great news enters. Life in Christ's Kingdom always proclaims that there are glimmers of hope littered along the highway of your life's journey. And these glimmers are intentionally designed by God to lead you into a deeper companionship with Him than you've ever known. Companionship with God--at the end of the day, isn't that really the point?
There's a glimmer of hope you may have never considered. It has to do with framing windows.
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SOURCE: Collide Magazine
Gary Molander is an extremely fulfilled husband, father, and business owner. The beta version of an organization in which his deepest desires are married to a legitimate need in the world is called Floodgate Productions (www.floodgateproductions.com).
