Sunday, April 12, 2009

Friday Night Reflections

-- This past Friday was the most intense discussion we've had yet... best turnout we've had so far too.
-- We talked about forgiveness... the wounds that we have in our lives, the revenge we've sought, the forgiveness we still need to give.
-- It was an awesome time of vulnerability and openness.
-- Maybe forgiveness isn't only for the offender but (and maybe more importantly) for the freedom of the victim... pretty deep stuff

-- Last week we talked about cutting noise out of our lives. So, I decided to take a break from blog reading/learning for a week. It takes up quite a bit of my time, and I wanted to give myself more opportunity to hear God's voice.
-- I thought it would be easy, but it's kind of addictive.. so it was harder than I expected.
-- God was faithful (isn't he always?). I'd been trying to figure out what I was supposed to preach about on April 26th for the "Generations" series and it was made clear to me. Guess I needed to STOP LEARNING for a few minutes and start LISTENING.

-- Anybody else have stories from cutting out the noise last week?

NEXT WEEK: Meeting in a different room at LCCC. Same entrance. First room on the right. We're gonna be talking about MONEY...

2 comments:

Jason Hirsch said...

Curtis, what do you need from me on the mentoring men side of things? I'll hook you up with whatever you need! Are you bi-vocational, or are you looking to go into full-time ministry. What is your long term vision? Just curious!!

Jason

Curtis Marshall said...

Jason,

I'm looking to mentor the guys in my college group... I've had a few requests, but don't know exactly where to jump in. just looking for insight/resources on how to do it well...

I'm currently bi-vocational, but my heart leans toward full time ministry. I'm committed to the AF for another 7 yrs unless God intervenes. After that, I will go where God sends me. I'm not sure if that'll be church or parachurch, but I'm feeling the call... just waiting for it to be realized.

Curtis