Hello Again...

 It's been quite some time since I have visited my own blog. Life has been busy, and I have been enjoying a few of my favorite blogs without much thought of my own.
 So many things have changed and are in the process of changing, so maybe eventually I will have to the desire to catch up on all of those things.
 While various changes seem to be taking over my life right now, my heart is really dwelling on things that are far removed from my everyday life. 
 Last week I had the opportunity to revisit Port Arthur, Texas, a small and needy town in South Texas. Without going into every detail, I really want to share what the Lord has done in my heart this past week. I pray that this makes sense to someone besides me (if not, pardon my rambling...)

• My heart longs for the not-so-glamorous inner-city life. I don't know what I'm going to do there, but nothing puts a stronger fire in these bones than the thought of being a light in that world. 
• Unconventional is the way to go (usually). Church, child-rearing, outreach, gospel-spreading. I don't know what the "right" model is, but I'm pretty sure most of us are doing it wrong. It's certainly worth finding out what the Bible really says about all of the things we seem to be so sure about.
• Speaking of gospel-spreading, why aren't we am I not doing it? My heart cowers when I think of answering to God for all that I have not done. All of the people I have allowed to pass through my life without bothering to impact theirs. I cannot remember ever going out of my way to ask someone - anyone - if they know Jesus. Ever. How can this be okay? 

          There is currently a person in my life about whose soul I often wonder about. We aren't close. Acquaintances at best. Yet I know that the Lord is calling on me to move. Maybe I'll find that he knows and loves the Lord, maybe I'll find that he has never heard the gospel at all. Regardless, it is time to stop making the gospel about me and start sharing it with this world.