Well it is nearing that time of month again. Bare Soul has a lurrrvve theme this month. I've had a few interesting conversations over this last week. One was in the bar where it is held where the landlady was persuading another guy to come along next wednesday. She is not churched though holds some christian beliefs but she is a great evangelist.

Another conversation was with a friend who said she had been in the bar and heard one of the guys who works behind the bar telling people who were interested in coming that it was religious and we were trying to trick people into a 'God thing'. He is an ardent atheist but at the same time something is going on with him. It got me thinking about opposition and how we deal with it. It is so easy for us to have a really defensive attitude and get annoyed when we're trying to build something up and others are trying to pull it down. But actually God is bigger than that. It is him who builds the house (ps 127:1). It is our job to bless and God's job to build.

Another conversation was today, I was chatting through with a friend about what we could do for the next one. I was suggesting a quiz and her reply was 'do nothing'. She rightly reminded me that the whole idea was for the evening to be led by all those there and pointed out that the more I did now that was from the front, the harder it would be when I've left (I'm finishing here at the end of September) for anyone else to take over. Why do I/we have such a need to control from the front? Are we scared of what might happen? Do we doubt that the Holy Spirit can work to lead people ( even those that aren't fully signed up christians)?

Well I will let you know how it goes on Wednesday.