Learning

One of the greatest things I am learning now is how I have grown up and how that effects my future. I grew up blue collar. Some of you know that I was from the western part of Loudoun County. We had guys drive tractors to high school. And so as we grow this ministry I am forced to pursue men in the white collar world. It really is an amazing experience for me.

It is not easy. I have to leave behind all the fears and assumptions I have of men in those circles and risk to relate to them as equal men. Men with brokenness, emotion, compassion, and stories of their own.

It is a challenge I really hate and love in the same breath. Asking those men for what I need as a young man and waiting for them to respond. Yet, whether they know it or not they have good things to offer, different perspectives on life, family, and faith. Some days I feel like an alen in a new land but I am sure that it is my own Training Ground.

The Well Runs Deeper

The more I spend ime with the guys in Training Ground, the more I see about how Christ comes for us. He is always wanting His healing to go deeper into our lives and hearts. Just when you think you have arrived at some substancial place of healing He is wanting to take you further.

I see it in these young mens lives. They come to this amazing place of revelation and two days later God is taking them on another road in themselves. He is never really finished with us. And isnt that an amazing thing about Christ. He loves us that much that His pursuit of our hearts is never over.

These young men are amazing. They have such thirsty hearts to learn and grow. With six weeks left, I am really looking forward to what God has in store.