The Best Is Yet To Come

The thrift store has undergone several improvements this past year. Having a new roof installed this past week being one of those improvements. We run an amazing ministry out of an older building, which has needed this maintenance work.

However, this has not been inexpensive. Everything has a cost, and church buildings and  maintenance are no exception. Choosing to put money into our store and building is an investment into what can be accomplished here. It is an investment into the future. When we choose to put resources into something, we are investing in what is to come, not what we may be seeing at the time. This sounds alot like faith. Believing in what we can not see. In ministry, that is what is done a lot. Believing in what we can not see, and investing in the future.

 The weekend food program is a ministry of our church that sends food home with children who are experiencing food insecurity. When we give to children are we not also investing in the future? We don't know the children by name, but the child who can do their homework over the weekend with a full stomach is more likely to succeed in school, and become our next youth pastor, school nurse, or business owner.  When we spend money on new play equipment for our preschool, we are investing in the future too. The young child playing today may become a church architect when they grow up.

 Investing now for the future is having hope for tomorrow. It is having confidence in God's greater plan. An investment in God's plan is always an investment with amazing returns. Always. Yes, the thrift store has a new roof. Yes, we do an amazing ministry here. But what more does God have planned? I am excited to see what God has planned for us in the future.