Middle Ground

We have an interesting thing going on at the Jackson manse. The heating system for the main level of our home has gone out. Thankfully our builder "zoned" the heating and air in our home so while the main floor, which is our main living space has gone "polar," the upstairs of our home where the bedrooms are remains cozy and livable. That means, of course, that Donna and I are spending most of our time upstairs where it is nice and toasty while the main level of our home hovers at a cool 53 degrees (during daylight hours).

There are many teaching metaphors that could be drawn from our predicament. The one that jumps out at me most is the notion that while the middle ground (the "main level") is usually the most comfortable and the safest place to be, it isn't necessarily where God would have us be. God has a preference for hot or cold over "lukewarm" (see Rev. 3:16). God often moves us out of our comfort zone; whether it is as simple as something like the room temperature, or something as threatening as taking a stand for Him, or something as drastic as moving to Africa to serve Him.

And so I say, "Thank-you Lord, for moving us out of our comfort zone today, and forgive us for taking a warm house and the food we eat too much of for granted. Help us to remember the millions who go to bed hungry and cold every day."

As I close - here's a shout-out to my old college friends Rob Desso and Marc Fawcett. We met today for breakfast and it took all of ten minutes for us to transported to a trio of twenty-somethings in Athens, GA loving life with great plans to change the world! Love you guys!