Exhale

A good friend of mine once gave an example of the healthy Christian Life. He had us inhale and hold it. Then he said to inhale again, then again. Of course at this point I couldn't inhale anymore. He then let us Exhale.
His point was that we as Christians can go to church and small groups and Bible studies ect. (inhale) At some point we have to get busy and use some of the teachings we've recieced.

Last night I got to be a part of an Exhale event. The Wed. night groupI belong to decided to go out and do some acts of kindness. Yesterday was a blizzard of a day. We recieved about seven inches of driving snow. My friend Chris called with an idea to do some snowblowing and shoveling. We have a friend (Denny Forner) who is in critical condition in the hospital. Denny and his wife Darla are wonderful people. We decided to clean out their driveway.
Once we started talking about who we could bless we got busy. We ended up doing six driveways and had a great time. People were bowled over when we came to the door and asked for the keys to their vehicles so we could clean out their driveway. One of our friends (Mitch) was babysitting his children with his mother in law because his wife is in the hospital. Chris said he was just about in tears when he saw what we were doing. Have you ever blessed somebody to tears? That is so cool!
Chris and I have become good friends with an elderly gentleman Norm. Norm lost his wife this year and has been really lonely since then. We visited Norms house last night. He was snowed in bad. Chris went to the door to get his keys to his van and couldn't wake him. He had the TV on so loud and was sleeping in his chair. I asked Chris "you're sure he was sleeping" Chris assured me he was. I'll bet he was suprised when he woke up this morning!
One more Story and it's about our group of guys. We at one point stopped what we were doing and stood in a driveway and prayed for the people that we were serving. I realized at that point how lucky I was to have some authentic Christian friends that are truly seekers. Friends that have grown together as we have listened to great teaching and are willing to ask good questions and be real with each other.
Blessings,
Randy