juiced

That became the word of the day to describe how many of us were feeling as we worshiped today among about 35 churches and reached out in our community together with acts of kindness and service. It was LOVE CEDAR VALLEY today. A day in which area churches partner together to extend the love of Christ in real and practical ways into our community so that our community might take a step in being reconciled to God and one another.

It was a great day, though I wasn't so sure what to anticipate in the day as I drove out of my driveway at 7 a.m. in a downpour with thunder/lightning putting on a little show out in the country where we live. Yesterday, 85 degrees and sunny. Today, not so much. 55 degrees and rain. Our God, however, seemed to answer both the prayer of the farmer today who was asking for rain, and the Love Cedar Valley volunteer who was looking for dry skies. The rain stopped from 9 a.m. to about 4 p.m....just the duration of almost every project. Thanks, God! We lost a few projects due to the heavy rains early, but the majority of the 130+ outreaches and projects happened today! Hurray!

I'll be sharing some stories and pictures here on the blog over the next week. The feedback today was really positive. How could it not be? When followers of Christ begin to come together as one across barriers to worship and serve together, we get a glimpse of the Kingdom of Heaven on earth. We experience the great joy in this. We get "juiced!"

Any blog readers participate in LCV and have a story or comment?

p.s. I wore my pedometer around today as I ran around organizing Love Cedar Valley. 15 miles logged from being on my feet with Love Cedar Valley all day! Not bad!