Tuesday, September 27, 2005

I had an incredible time down in Mississippi helping out with my church and the hurricane relief efforts. It's hard to evaluate how much damage was done with words and pictures. The toll on hearts is hard to see but just as devastating. The whole place just looked like a junkyard, nothing but useless stuff for miles. I had an amazing opportunity to serve at Bay Vista Baptist Church in Biloxi. For the first time in a long time I was working at a church, but not wearing a guitar and standing in front of a microphone. Instead, I was wearing work gloves and unloading trucks of supplies for about 15 hours a day. Busting my tail, I might add. There was a steady stream of tractor-trailers coming in from all over the country full of everything you need to survive. It fell to me and a few other dudes to unload it all. What a great thrill it was to build the Kingdom and refresh my soul. The church became a massive relief center distributing food to people who came by in a drive-thru type help center. The view from where I was humbled me and reminded me that being the “on-stage guy” is not always where the Lord wants me. Thank God for the ways he teaches us and the ways he loves us.