It has been a while. Well almost three months to be exact. We have been working on some ministry items at our church and doing some minor preparation for CR. However, that minor preparation is starting to grow larger and larger. We have scheduled an informational meeting for potential volunteers and leadership on July 19. We have set a start date of Monday, September 14. We are looking so forward to serving with those who come alongside of us. It is a blessing, a joy and truly an encouragement to serve others and serve with others.
Up until a few weeks ago I believed that Jesus washing the disciples' feet was really important, but I believed and felt like I was missing the gravity and full meaning of it. For that to be what Jesus was doing the last night before being taken into custody means something to me. But I was thinking about it the other night while I was trying to put our three-year-old to bed. Honestly, I was aggravated. But then it occurred to me how fortunate I was to have someone there to be the recipient of my love. I was not fortunate because he was loving me back. I was blessed because I could sacrificially care for him and demonstrate my love to him. That's how I am coming to believe about those I will serve with and those we will together serve. We are fortunate to have them, they are a blessing, a gift from God. As we try to mold our lives into what we think would honor Jesus I would say a good place to start is loving God and forgiving and loving others. How can you do that if God doesn't bring you others to love? What an opportunity we have to be part of a family, part of a body of believers! What an opportunity we have to open our lives and sacrifically pour out our lives for those to whom we minister! (I think we begin in our homes, churches, communities and on out into the world.)
So I am excited about what is around the corner and I am excited about the people I am going to share it with. Below is a list of the five guidelines for a CR open share group. They make it a safe place to share and having a safe place to share is so important in recovery.
1. Keep your sharing focused on your own thoughts and feelings. Limit your sharing to three to five minutes.
2. There will be NO cross talk. Cross talk is when two individuals engage in conversation, excluding all others. Each person is free to express his or her feelings without interruptions.
3. We are here to support one another, not "fix" one another.
4. Anonymity and confidentiality are basic requirements. What is shared in the group stays in the group. The only exception is when someone threatens to harm temselves or others.
5. Offensive language has no place in a Christ-centered recovery group.
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