Who is God Putting Into Our Life?
Lately Heidi and I have been praying that we would step outside our comfort zone, meet new people (either at church or in the neighborhood) and get to know them through meals and the like. The last few weeks at church Heidi and I have been approached by newcomers (yes, they came up to us, even though it should be the other way around). These are people that are also new to the area and in a similar life stage as ourselves; young, mulitpile children, etc. Each of them have expressed a desire to get plugged into community and that is what brought them to Mars Hill.
Each time, I tell them about The City and how it’s a great tool to connect and find a community they can get plugged into. But, today, as we were loading the girls up to come home Heidi mentioned that each time we didn’t get those people’s contact information so we could invite them over to our house, or help them as the navagate their way through the many options of finding a community. God answered our prayer by ploping three families in our laps and we missed a great opportunity to connect with them in a real manner. Sure, we had a great conversation, and will probably see them next week at church, but what we should have done was get their email or phone number and asked them over to dinner.
You can pray that, probably after Jane comes, we will set a night each week to leave open for new friends. That way, when we meet someone on Sunday we can instantly say, “We’d love to have you guys over on Wednesday. Bring the kids!”
That’s part of our action plan to build community, what do you and yours do, or what do you and yours need to change so you can have an open and inviting home?
