Rick must have faith in me because he left me again as the project manager back in Durango. I thought I was managing pretty well as I was overseeing a team taring and running a shingle roll while another group was doing more mudding on the drywall. The Americans call it spackle... OK, so I was working on trimming up the windows and all was well until I noticed the tar seeping out over the dripedge and then I actually found one of the adults on our site applying the spackle on the seams with her bare hands...are you kidding me. She told me her teenage son recommended it to her. So, I started to first tackle the roof and get my tar happy teens from Jersey going a little easier and they did well getting to the peak on one side before lunch. After finishing the trim work, I went inside to put my limited drywall skills to work making wider seams to cover the handiwork spackle. I returned to the roof to realize more direction was needed as the team kept going down the other side of the roof instead of starting from the bottom. At that point Rick and Ricardo arrived and I was waiting to be stripped of all titles, but faith gave way to grace and they were really good about it and we quickly got back on track and finished strong for the day. Hey and for what's it worth we are still ahead of the other team that is doing the same house build.
So, we will be doing another house build next week and this rookie will be a seasoned sophmore!
As I thought about the day it reminded me of how the disciples learned. Often Jesus would send them out and things didn't always go as they expected. When Christ came on the scene, He often used it as a teaching moment whether it was the need for prayer or greater faith. Peter's experience walking on water began with faith but we miss it if we focus on him failing and sinking. The fact is that he did walk on water while the rest were boat huggers and the event ended in grace as Christ pulled him out when he was sinking.
The point of the Christian life is that we will never fully ever feel ready and we shouldn't either. It all comes back to Christ showing up in our life when we feel its going to be a gong show. The unexpected happens, God is glorified and we live to see another assignment from the King!
As I thought about the day it reminded me of how the disciples learned. Often Jesus would send them out and things didn't always go as they expected. When Christ came on the scene, He often used it as a teaching moment whether it was the need for prayer or greater faith. Peter's experience walking on water began with faith but we miss it if we focus on him failing and sinking. The fact is that he did walk on water while the rest were boat huggers and the event ended in grace as Christ pulled him out when he was sinking.
The point of the Christian life is that we will never fully ever feel ready and we shouldn't either. It all comes back to Christ showing up in our life when we feel its going to be a gong show. The unexpected happens, God is glorified and we live to see another assignment from the King!
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