Can’t Never Could….

I love pastoring Ridge Stone Church. Seriously, there is no other place in the world I would rather be then right here in Canton, Georgia. DeAnna is gone tonight so I have been just reflecting on what I love about this place and one thought that keeps popping in my mind is that our people never say something can’t be done.

I LOVE THAT!

I get around most church planters and man, they will depress you. It is nothing but excuses on why they CAN’T do something.

“We can’t do this because we don’t have the money”
“We can’t do this because we don’t have the workers”
“We can’t do this because we are portable”
“Well, we aren’t North Point or Fellowship”

I love our people because I never hear this. Trust me, I can come up with some crazy ideas that should not be attempted in a portable church but instead of saying something can’t be done, our people ALWAYS think it can be done and they will NOT quit until they figure out how to do it.

I love that about them.

Most guys come up with an idea and instantly they figure they can’t pull it off. Our people come up with an idea, figure out how they can make it harder and bigger, then figure out how they can make it happen.

We don’t have the talent or resources of some of the larger churches but I have never shown our people something where they didn’t figure out some way to rig it up.

I often joke that if people saw how ghetto our stuff was behind the scenes they would die.

Thank God for chicken wire and duct tape.

I want “yes” people when it comes to big ideas.
I want little engines who could.
I want people who lead with a YES.
I want people who literally think someone will die and go to hell if we can’t figure out a way to build a waterfall and moot under the bridge that will be connecting our stage which will be divided in two pieces in the theater for Easter.
I want people who think can’t never could.

We have those people and I thank God for them…