I am just having one of those days where I am just totally blown away at what is taking place in my life and with Coastal Community Church. People told me leading up to stepping out and planting this church that this would be the hardest thing I would ever do in life. They were right about it being a really hard thing, but they didn’t ever tell me how invigorated and encouraged I would be everyday when God shows up in a big way.
Yesterday one of the ladies on our launch team told us a story that just brings everything full circle for what we are doing here in Ft. Lauderdale. There was a woman in Target who saw my wife Shayla and loved the necklace she was wearing. It happened to be that our friend Ashley (who is on our launch team) made the necklace, so Shayla gave this woman Ashley’s number so she could get a necklace. The woman comes over to Ashley’s house and picks up her necklace and sees that Ashley has a wall of crosses and starts to ask about if she went to church. Ashley starts to explain that the woman who referred her to Ashley was her new pastors wife and that we are starting a church here in Coconut Creek called Coastal Community Church. After a minute of thinking the woman asks “Is that the people who were giving away water on the side of the road, because they gave me some water and a card.” Now this woman is interested in finding out more about the church and what we are doing. It is amazing how God can take a conversation about a necklace, free water and bring it full circle to get one of his kids back to church. I can’t wait to see how many other stories God is working on right now in peoples lives who are unchurched, uncommitted and undecided.
God is up to something BIG and has got GREATER THINGS in store for Coastal Community Church. Keep praying for us and believing that we will have opportunities to make a lasting impact in peoples lives for Jesus Christ.
