Do you ever just have one of those brain fart moments in life. This morning Wayne and I were out delivering donuts and bagels to the Coconut Creek police force and to Monarch High school as a way of saying thanks for all that they do for our community. So of course as you are giving something away expectantly to someone they would ask who it is from. This is where everything went wrong for me. I have been on staff at an amazing church in Bradenton called Bayside Community Church, so when they asked where we were from of course I would tell them Coastal but instead said Bayside. I know that names aren’t important for recognition because it is about making Jesus famous but if they would like to say thanks, they are going to have a hard time finding Bayside.
Outreach was great this morning anyways. It is always great to bless others to be a blessing. There response always is so genuine and appreciative, in fact most of the time they don’t know how to react. Why is it that when someone else does something helpful or gives us something that it blows us away? Jesus told us that “He did not come to be served but to serve others by dying on the cross.” You would think that if we embodied Christ words that we would all be use to people serving and doing things for us. Makes me wonder a lot of times why we want the deeper things of God when we don’t embrace the simple.
Are you living out Jesus words to serve others by GIVING?
What are you doing with your TIME, TALENT and TREASURE in life?
Are you living for yourself and what you can get or for God and what you can give?
I love what Winston Churchill said “We make a living by what we get and we make a life by what we give.”
It’s awesome to see “Bayside’s” outreach influence spreading across the state like that TJ! You are the man TJ ~ we already miss you, but know God is going to use you and Coastal Community Church in amazing ways!