Bulldozers Are Tearing Up Our Church's Property

Today was the day. I drove up to the church and they were working. The bulldozers or backhoes or whatever they are called (sorry, I'm an idiot) were uprooting trees and knocking them down.  Our church is building a new multi-purpose building and today is the day that I finally saw construction equipment on site.  Wow.

We broke ground on Sunday. It was great. We told everyone to bring a shovel instead of just having the leadership do it. Little kids brought tiny shovels, adults brought big ones. It had been raining a lot so the ground was wet and folks were tromping around in the mud. That afternoon, we had an Easter Egg Hunt for our kids and the community and had a bunch of people come out for that, play, eat, and hear the gospel and experience the love of Christ.

I love our church.

We are really beginning to reach people who are unchurched. We are seeing more and more people from our community come and we are seeing racial barriers begin to come down as more and more African Americans come.

We are also seeing God move in people's hearts as they get free from things that have kept them from truly following after God. God's Spirit is moving and people are following Christ.

This very simple building that we are working on will be a tool to continue to reach our community and make disciples of Christ. I am excited about what God is doing in our midst, about the people being saved and the lives being transformed.  I am excited about the role that we are playing in our city as we continue to pray for God's Kingdom to come. I am excited about what God is doing through our church to reach the nations for Him as we continue to impact Northern India. We keep having people go to China as well. God seems to be stirring our hearts that way too.

I love to see God working. I love it when people follow Him and glorify Him. I love what I am seeing right now and I just thought I'd give God praise. Bulldozers are tearing stuff up outside my window, but they are making room for Kingdom things.  Yes, it is a good day.

Comments

[Lisa Rose]

Amen and Amen!

[Candyce DeKruyff]

You can't know how that first paragraph brought tears to my eyes...PRAISE GOD! It's been years in the making and I am SO EXCITED! Wish we could have been there on Sunday...we were there in spirit! Nothing will keep us away on Dedication day! Can't Wait!

[Alan Cross]

Candyce,

I thought about you and Brian, Chris and Debbie, and others who have moved. We miss you guys so much. I had already decided that we were going to invite you to the dedication service. Sunday was exciting, but we were just putting the shovels in the ground. It will be even more exciting when we are finished. The building will not be much in comparison to what other churches build - I like to call it our glorified skating rink. Nothing fancy at all. But, it will be effective in enabling us to grow, and it will not kill us financially so that we can keep doing the work of the Kingdom.

[Donna Spivey]

Okay, Alan. I read the WHOLE blog on the gay marriage issue and this one on our groundbreaking!! I was enlighted by one and thrilled by the other. It reminds me of why we do what we do the way we do it at Gateway! I believe God is well-pleased.