As I've transitioned into my new role I have been thinking more and more about what I want to dub The Power of an Invite. Our church just started Financial Peace University and its great to see how many people have been invited into this journey into financial freedom. As my role grows, and we get Life Groups up and running healthily, I am excited to see how many people are invited into life changing relationships. Thinking about life changing relationships reminded me of four things that I want to write about this week.
When I was about thirteen years-old I was invited to a friends house and that invite would change the way I lived. I was at a pee-wee football game at the local middle school that I had ridden my bike to. After the game I rode my bike, with some other guys, over a new friends house. I can't exactly remember when I was invited over to this house; it may have been figured out before hand or taken place that day but that invite changed my life.
That early fall day was the first day I was introduced to smoking pot. I went over to my friends house and ended up smoking pot with about four other guys. I remember that day very clearly. I remember sitting upstairs in my friends room on his little couch he had in there. I remember what we used to smoke the weed. I can even remember some of the things we talked about that day. I am not sure what, in my memory, has held onto those thoughts but for some reason I have.
See that day I was invited to someone's house and then invited to smoke pot. No one forced me to ride my bike over there. I was not bullied into making the choice to smoke pot; all the choices that day were choices I made. Now this will be the one post I write on this week that is directly related to a decision that has had a negative influence on my life. I want to start this way because it fits in a time line of what I will present and how my life has changed. I want us all to be keenly aware of how important the invite is in our lives can be impacted for the positive or the negative!
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