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DISASTER UPDATE:  Monte Llano Flood

Just wanted to touch base with everyone about what is going on in Monte Llano.  Some of you already may know this but there was a flood in Monte Llano last Saturday Nov 10^th.  Our DR friends are saying it may be the worst flood of their lifetimes.  In some cases the water was 4.5 feet high inside their homes.  Yes you read it right-that would be above the beds, above the couches, above the level of damage for your fridge and stove and also high enough to damage any electronics if you were lucky enough to own any of those things.  At least 6 houses were actually swept away by the rushing water in the river.  

As this Christmas season is upon us and we are ramping up to spend hundreds on luxury items that frankly, we like but don’t need, I can’t help but feel that God is calling us to something more.  He has put these people in our lives, we love them and call them friends.  What greater way to worship the Lord Jesus Christ than to fulfill His plan for us regarding these friends of ours than to care for them at this time.  You may say that there are a million disasters around the world and that some of those people are even worse off than this.  I know that, but God did not give those people to me.  He gave me our friends in Monte Llano.  Those are the ones who I am responsible for and they are in turn responsible for me in the way that God would require them to be. 

I know that some people might be thinking like; every time I turn around its something else-another financial commitment - more and more is required of us and its true, the bible says to those who are given much, much is required, and it can seem overwhelming but are you really all that surprised?  I mean, our Lord was a radical guy.  Some might even say that he was rather given to extremes.   

So is it really surprising that we would be required to make some radical choices, extreme sacrifices as his followers?  I mean do we just want to LIKE HIM, or do we want to BE LIKE HIM?

You know, I have been telling just about anyone who will listen to me, that I believe that God is poised to do a miracle in this church.  But he needs us to BE the church that He requires.  Maybe He’s calling us out this Christmas.  Maybe he wants to see just how far we are willing to go.  Will we live Isaiah 58?  Will we lay some things down for our friends?  Will we be radical extremists for love-like he was?

Each of us has to decide what it is that God is calling us to do.  But friends, Let us not grow weary of doing good, and in due season we will reap, if we do not give up.  Gal 6:9

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