I was watching an interview with Tiger Woods a couple weeks ago and he said something that really struck me. The interviewer talked about how he won the Masters (the biggest golf tournament of the year) and right after that he changed his swing. Why would he do that. Tiger looked right at him and said, "Sometimes you have to get worse to get better."
Why change when something is working? Why take a step back? The truth is that when things are going okay the easiest thing is to coast, to keep doing what you've been doing. But that's not always the best thing. Tiger realized that there is always room for improvement and that to get to a better place sometimes you have to do things that seem foolish at the time.
This Sunday The Reclamation is making some big changes. Changes that have caused our group to lose momentum over the last month. And while things were going okay before, we did not have a structure that allowed us to pursue our best in terms of community, service, worship, spiritual growth, and outreach. So we had to change our swing. We've gotten worse, with purpose. The purpose of eventually becoming a group that will model the values of the Kingdom of God better.
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I really think you should write a book about this. Something like..."The Storm Before The Calm: Getting Worse To Realize Your Calling" or "Screw With Things, Jesus-Style" or something to that effect. You may have said everything you need to say about this in these few paragraphs, but reading some Christian Living stuff has taught me that you don't need a lot to say to get published. I'm serious here. This will work. Let me know if you want any help.
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