I've been thinking a lot about what success looks like. Success depends on what it is that you are trying to accomplish. A professional athlete measures success by the games they win, Fortune 500 companies measure success by their bottom line, and those trying to get into shape measure success by how many pounds they loose.
It is easy to get focused on the "scale"; trying to be successful. What happens when we've worked out and eaten properly yet the scale tells us that we've actually gained weight? Does that mean we are in worse shape? Of course not; most of us know that muscle weighs more than fat, so "the scale" is not always an indicator of fitness or success.
I want to build muscle, things that will endure, things that will last. I realize then, that means that I cannot live to serve the scale. There will be seasons in this forming church plant that the "numbers" are thin, but that is not always an indicator that muscle is not being formed.
This week I got word of some people within the Renovate community who organized the delivery of meals to a couple who just had twins. What is so great about this is that I did not organize it or implement it...in fact I was the last to find out. This was truly a work of the people.
These are the types of things that will go to build a church community that will endure. And these are the types of stories that the scale can't always measure.
