Last week I had one of those moments. A moment of clarity! Summer is winding down and I decide to go to Raleigh North Youth Nite. I had not been in 4 weeks so that I could be out with the teams.

I was sitting in the community center, after beasting at Candy Land, and leading 15 inner city youth in a study on Revelation. We were studying Chapter 4 and they were listening and engaged and it was just AMAZING. Then in that moment of clarity I heard God whisper, “Do you get it?” and I answered, “Yes sir.”

See teams and summer staffs are great. They help us find more kids, youth and adults to point to Jesus, but that’s not the real Mission Raleigh. The real Mission Raleigh is sitting in a community that you love and forming relationships that reflect Jesus and the relationship that He wants to have with them. It is laughing and crying with people. It is heartbreaking and rewarding at the same time. Some days it is just too easy, then some days it is just to hard. But it is what you do and you love what you do.

Thank you Jesus for The Call