Friday, January 11, 2008

Staff Day

We just had a annual staff day where we close the office, get away from the phones, and look ahead to the new year. Here is what I got out of it, I really like our staff! What a blessing it is to like, love, and respect the people that you work with. We had a time during the day where we all shared some things from our personal life and spent time praying about those things. What I learned is what we all know, that we all are battered, bruised, and scarred from this battleground of life. We come to work at CFS with a passion and a mission to help the hopeless and the helpless, but we also come with our own burdens and baggage. We have stress, health concerns, families to worry about, financial concerns, the list goes on. We come to work as people wanting to help and needing help ourselves. Jesus once said to Peter, "Satan has come and demanded permission to sift you as wheat. But I have prayed for you that your faith will not fail, but when you do fail, turn and strengthen your brothers". The call of this life is not to avoid failure because we can't. The call of this life is to do something with our failure. It is what we do here at CFS. We help the fallen, because we are the fallen.

1 comment:

Bradford L. Stevens said...

Christian Family Services, Inc. is a special place that transforms people because it is God's work. The people who work there have a calling and receive a special blessing. When you help the least of these...you will be blessed! I have seen the tranformation in the lives of people who come into contact with the ministries of CFS. It is a special place near the heart of God.