Community

Life is... well life.

As often as I start posts like this people must think I am an emo kid or something.

Well with another year starting there is a new Vision Team. And the new team is awesome. Lots of cool ideas.

But talking and planning events. Thinking about things to change. Talking about what is good.

And it was odd, with all that (about 2 days) my energy and passion was gone. Even though I agreed and was excited to see all the plans we had. So many of them were some I had even thought of (and several others as I learned). But my joy disappeared.

Then people got back. I got to see the chapter together again. I got to see people laugh and enjoy each other. I got to enjoy being with everyone again.

I guess I am posting this because I am realizing a new importance and joy from community. The joy of leadership and administrating a community is not in the theory and decisions you make. It is in loving people and doing what needs to be done to serve them and lead them in the direction God would have them go.

It seems so odd to me that making plans and changes for our community while not with them drained me, but while with them it is refreshing and enjoyable.

I guess I lost sight of why I wanted to do what I have agreed to do, and being with the chapter helped to remind me of that.

It is good to be back.