100 to 1

Since last night I have been dealing with a situation involving one of our people who has gotten themselve in a huge mess.  They have basically ruined their life, hurt thier friends, and probably lost their family in the process.

It is UGLY.  Yesterday my heart broke.  Today I am pissed.  As the pastor of this church, nothing hurts me worse then when I see people we have invested our lives in make wrong decisions.  I hate it and would give anything to stop it, but you can’t.

I was talking today with Malcolm about it and I made the comment that as much as I don’t like dealing with these type of situations that I would deal with 100 of these type situations before I would want to deal with 1 situation with selfish, immature (who think they ARE mature) believers who think everything is about them and get upset because some didn’t call them when they hit thier toe on the corner of the bed. 

What we have dealt with in the last 24 hours is WHY I started RSC.  I want us to be the place for broken, hurting, imperfect people.  If it is all about you then you ARE at the wrong place.  As much as I wish I never had to do deal with situations like the last 24 hours, I count it an HONOR that I get to deal with them.