crashing
I went to BK for lunch today (shut-up Mitch-I didn’t eat any breakfast). Anyway I walk in and there are two guys sitting there that are kinda your ordinary Paulding County kind of guys, jeans, work shirts, some kind of company baseball cap, work boots and one guy is touching the other guys arms and I’m thinking well whatever floats your boat, but it’s pretty weird to see it in Hiram. So I go through the line, get my drink, get my meal, and sit down at my table and begin to look more closely. One of the guy’s head is bobbing up and down, his eyes are closed and he’s mumbling. Being a diabetic and having had similar episodes in the past I recognized the symptoms. The guy was in a full blown attack of hypoglycemia (not enough sugar in the blood). And the reason the guy was touching his arm is he was trying to keep him from passing out while he called the ambulance. So I go to the table and offer my limited knowledge and assistance and help while we wait for the ambulance. A guy from WRC answered the call, knew he was in good hands so I returned to my whopper.
So, lesson reminders: Things are not always what they seem. I had these guys sleeping together and in reality one guy is trying to save another guys life and is pretty fearful of his current surroundings. Don’t judge a book by its cover.
Second thing, diabetics have a pretty delicate balance of healthy eating and keeping blood sugar at a healthy level, too much can kill you slowly, too little can kill you quickly. In ministry there are a lot of similar situations where you can give too much and kill the ministry or too little and kill the ministry. A pastor walks that delicate balance of equipping and doing. The rule of thumb around WRC is never do anything you can recruit and train someone else to do. It’s the entire Ephesian 4 type of ministry. Now I will be honest this is not my best quality. Remember the old commercial, “Please, I’d rather do it myself!” (well if you’re over 50 you remember it 
) well pretty much that is me.
And finally, immediately the friend started trying to get help and called 911. Lesson: help is usually just a phone call away. It drives me crazy to see church planters or pastors that make decisions without ever talking things over with someone. I told a guy the other day, “I don’t have all the answers, but I have plenty of questions.” Questions to help the pastor/planter process the information to make an intelligent decision. You don’t have to walk this journey alone, then why do you?
Did I mention that some really big decisions have been made this week and the office is buzzing. Can’t wait for Brian to let the news out! Tomorrow get to meet with Brian and some guys at a Church Planters Roundtable in Alabama. They’re lucky get to hear 2 great speakers in one day.
