I wrote this poem for everyone who feels lonely in leadership,or like they have to start from scratch with next to nothing.
ghost town
well well
you and i are the last ones standing
it's quiet here isn't it
among the twisted girders
and the charred infrastructure
of what was
a bustling destination town
tumbleweeds rolling across broken up boulevards
abandoned four by fours on pothole parking lots
an occasional lost crow passing overhead
so here we are
you and me
what will we do
we will find a hammer or two
scoop up some nails
round up some old boards with a little life left in them
and we'll build a scaffold
we'll gather up some scrap tools
and get to work
and we will make this ghost town into a chapel
a house of prayer
and when we're all prayed up
we'll forge this chapel into a shelter
for the lost ones and the refugees
as they pass through in the storm
and find a home
rough around the edges
but solid and warm
one by one
little by little
this tumble down old ramshackle of a town
will rise again
and become
the city of God
By: Greg Ferguson
Co-Producer/ Experience Designer, The Global Leadership Summit
Ghost Town is also posted on Greg's blog, 10,000 Pages.
I often feel like I live in a ghost town because the people of God and too frequently like the people of the world...if you are not in the good olde' boy click -- then you are out. When God gives you a vision or a mission, unless you have a huge name, the people with huge names won't build with you, sometimes they won't even speak to you. They have no use for you because you have no identifiable brand. So how do we build the city of God with attitudes like this. If we allow the Holy Spirit to be the head engineer, then could we all work together as the body of Christ to build God's work. It should ALL be claimed for His glory, not the glory of one specific ministry or church. I'm I wrong about this?
ReplyDeleteI agree. The early new testament church was founded on the day of pentecost with one Spirit infusing everyone. Christ is all about being united with Him. The humble will get the best results. As John the baptist put it, "I must decrease and He must increase".
ReplyDeleteContinue to be blessed in your ministry Angela!!!!