I’ve said a time or two over the last few months since I started on May 1, “help out the new kid around here.”  Meaning most often that there is some history in the conversation that I’m unaware of.  However, yesterday, someone dear to me said, “You gotta stop saying that, you’ve been here long enough.”  Tis true and I’m happy about it. 

I wanted to write for a moment in the space that was created by our web designer and let everyone know that I love it here.  I love it in Southern California and I love it at Lakeside Christian Church.  A time or two, more so in the recent weeks, LCC folks have been asking me if I’m staying.  I want each of you to know that I moved here because I believed that this is where God wants me.  I also want you to know that I don’t believe God is flippant, so I expect he’ll have me here for quite a while.  Not only did I hear God calling me to LCC, in addition to that I wanted the job.  I am no Jonah here by the sea, doing what God wants but wanting something else.  God has called me to a place that I’m in love with.

Are there challenges, indeed; however, someone once said that there is nothing new under the sun.  So I know that the challenges I’m facing here have been faced before, God was faithful then, and he’s faithful now. 

Finally, these blogs beg responses, so I’m told.  So leave me one.  If you’ve asked me lately, “are you staying?”, please tell me why.  Is it because of the recent history with the previous staff or am I giving off some false vibe?  Be honest, it helps me and God loves it.