As I sit here and think about the treadmill across the room from me, I see the cord winding its way from the machine to the wall. If it were not plugged in there would be no way for the machine to run. It would be worth little value. The plug hooks it into an energy source that feeds it and gives it the power to do the job it was made for. What an illustration for us staying plugged into God, who is our true energy source! But God gives us so much more to plug into. He gives us His body to plug into. Living with, sharing with, and relying on those in the body gives us power to do the things we were created for.
All of the leaders here at Project Searchlight keep asking if this was a worthwhile venture. If I had to do it over again, would I? Was all of the hours of speakers, workshops, and homework worth it? Was the continuous flow of of thoughts to be written in blog form, everyday, all it was cracked up to be? How about the book reports, sleepless nights and very early mornings?
To all of this I say “YES!” It has been so worth it. Think of it this way, you’re sitting around at home not knowing what you are doing, longing for the community you have had the entire year and you can either keep sitting and contemplating or you can go to Georgia and figure some stuff out. I was able to live in community again for two weeks, have a good place to thrash out the ideas that God has given to me, and start networking to fulfill those things. We did learn that is not about what you do, but about who you know!
We have been so blessed by the people we have been surrounded with. Whether that has been Seth and Karen Barnes along with their amazing children or Jeff and Alycea Hylton and their amazing kids; or Josh and Steph who got this thing up and running; or the many wonderful speakers who poured so much into us; or our many coaches who gave so much of themselves and sat for hours and listened to us as we went on and on about our dreams. Thanks for all that you have given to us!
