From the Abundance

Over the past couple of years I have witnessed and experienced a major transition in my church family (and the body of Christ as a whole).  We endured a lot, overcame a lot, struggled a lot and lost a lot, but we never lost God.  Our churches went through transitions in leadership,  name changes, mission changes, format changes, and several location changes, but WE didn't stop being the church. We're still on duty and God is still expecting us to be who He called us to be.  I said all of that to simply say this, transition is never easy and some people adjust and move forward faster than others.  As a family (because we still are) our job is to make sure that nobody falls by the wayside, loses hope, or stops running the race. Some are running injured, some with open wounds, some are being pushed pulled and dragged, but they're coming!  I was reading my devotional at work and the scripture for  the day was The bows of mighty men are broken and they that stumbled are gir