Our latest excorcism

According to Randy Greenwald, last week we had an excorcism of sorts. Our friends with the spray paint were back to leave us a clever little message on our church sign: "Satan." Actually come to think of it, they could have thought of something more original. A lot more original. Nevertheless, I shan't judge them by their lack of originality. They're probably just kids, eh?

Regardless, what was really quite encouraging was how one chap exorcised our demons (or the biggest demon of all) for us. He actually is a member of our sister church Cornerstone of Lakewood Ranch, and the reason we know this is because someone 'busted' him removing "Satan" from our sign.

He lived in the area and saw a need, knew how to erase the paint, and 'got to it.' Unprovoked, unasked, he just saw the need, felt the passion, and served. This 'grassroots' desire to serve is exactly what we hope to see at Hope, and at any church for that matter. People who see needs within the church and in the community, have a passion to meet those needs (and take some others with them), and simply 'get to it.'

So in light of one of my posts a week or two ago, "We salute you, Mr. Unasked Satan Spray paint remover guy."