Breathe

When we were traveling to Indiana for the mission trip, we stayed at a Free Methodist Church in Toledo, Ohio. They had Sunday School year round, so we joined the senior high class. They were doing a Bible study on Ruth.

At Hammo this weekend, Ralph shared a story about a man he chaplained from life to death, since his family couldn't make it back in time. The farmer claimed to not be very religious, but essentially lived Boaz's life in Ruth.

Why does this story keep coming up as we reach out?

On Friday, we learned about the gathering for worship, on Saturday, the word and meal (which I was honored to preside at for 700 people), on Sunday, the sending out into the world. There was a rhythm to it: inhale (worship), exhale (service), inhale (fishing), exhale (feeding sheep).

We are to breathe God in and out.