For the past two days our team has spent many hours of the day pounding the ground with pick-axes and shovels.  We have been helping Levi, the founder of Sharing His Plan, dig a ditch to lay the electric, water and sewer lines for his new workshop site.  Currently he has a great piece of property and some amazing plans.  We showed up yesterday to start the first official work on site for him.  Basically he told us we needed to dig a ditch about 18 inches deep and 12 inches wide.  Easy right?  Did I mention that the ditch was about 75 feet long?  Did I mention that the ground was already covered in cement and asphalt?  I was so proud of everyone!  We each took turns with a pick-axe or shovel and got ‘er done. 

 What was fun to watch was each person's individual style with the pick-axe.  Some liked to swing it gently, without ever really taking it above their head.  Others went at it with all the force their body could must up.  Then there was my favorite method, mostly utilized by the boys.  At the height of the swing they would take a tiny jump backwards.  This allowed them to travel a great distance while still whacking away at the ground.  Each method was successful and the best for each individual.  It served as a reminder to me of what is going on within our squad as we travel through this journey the Lord has us on.  We all have different methods and ways in which we spend time with the Lord, hear from the Lord and relate to the Lord.  No one way is better than another.  No one way is more correct or proper than the other.  Instead each way fits the individual.  We each used the pick-axe in a way that ‘worked' for us.  After watching other techniques some of us borrowed and created our own style.  And so it is with our walk with the Lord.  We each hear from the Lord differently but we each hear from the Lord.  We each worship the same amazing God but as this journey of life continues we are shown new ways to experience the Lord in ways we never knew imaginable.  So as we travel through life we experience the Lord in new ways and those ‘new ways' become our own way.  So for this gentle reminder I must thank Levi...and ask if anyone knows how to stretch my fingertips because even those are sore today.  =)