Here We Go Again

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For many years my 95 year old mother would shout"Here We Go Again"as we piled into our van. Her enthusiasm was similar to a group of our friends who gained the tag the Six Month Bunch. About every six months they have headed from Texas to Rexford, Kansas to volunteer their skills at Shepherd's Staff.

Now their number has expanded and yes, "Here We Go Again" for another week of restoration work on an antique building.

These folks live out the message our Pastor shared this past Sunday on Agape Love.You know, the kind that comes only from the heart of God Himself and showers over His "sheep". This is the kind of Love that releases our time, energy and money for someone who is a stranger -- who will never thank us for our skinned knuckles, sore back or paint stained clothes that are a result of a project done for their behalf.

The guests at the Shepherd's Staff won't even know their name, but they will experience God's Love because the "sheep" have followed their Shepherd to do a good work of creating beauty in the middle of the prairie.

"He makes me lie down in green pastures; He leads me beside quiet waters. He restores my soul. He guides me in the paths of righteousness for His name's sake." Psalm 23:2-3 NAS