Back in the North End

Hey there,  I live in the North End again. I moved into a house on Redwood Ave near the end of October. It was 2 years earlier (minus a week) that I moved out of the North End and in with my good friend Tim. At the time God had been helping me to understand that I needed to live with others, I was getting lonely and it wasn't healthy for me. I really wrestled with it because I knew God had led me to move into the North End. I knew I needed room mates and the the doors that opened up involved leaving the North End. I got some wise advice from 2 people I really respect. One of them told me that just because I was leaving the North End it didn't mean that I would never move back. So I left with peace and also with hope that I would come back some day. And now 2 years later that same wise counsellor is my landlord! It's come around full circle. Pretty cool how God works, eh?

I watched an online sermon a few months back about Nehemiah 3. Nehemiah 3:14 reads, "Malchijah the son of Rechab, ruler of the district of Beth-haccherem, repaired the Dung Gate. He rebuilt it and set its doors, its bolts, and its bars." The entire Chapter is a list of different people and how they contributed to rebuilding the wall of Jerusalem. The point is that not all of us are going to be history makers. Some of us may simply rebuild a 'dung gate'. But by doing our part, we are being faithful. I do not know exactly what my part is in Winnipeg's North End. But I want to be faithful. I also don't want to try and accomplish great things, or even small things, alone. I want to be one among many, serving one another and living out the kingdom of God in community.