I’m still on the after-burn of Vision Day. It is always SO life and faith affirming when God does that special “thing’ He does.

It’s made me wonder about a lot of things: one is – why did we have about 200 – 300 more people than average that day? Was it because of Palm Sunday? Was it the meal at the mall? Was it the idea of a “vision day”? It also has me wondering what God is up to.

On one hand, I often have a confidence that he has shown me next steps and even the really BIG picture, but there is always this middle part that is clouded in an intriguing kind of fog: How will all of this play out? What does He want us to do? What can only He do? How do you process the difference between bold faith and stupid ideas? How do we maintain the balance between practical wisdom and trusting God?

While Washington Square Mall is not the vision, it has always been a part of it, going back over 10 years in my own life. It’s just been a regular prayer. Sometimes it would fade off, sometimes it would ramp up, but it would never go away. In the beginning, church in Washington Square Mall felt like a really crazy thing, but inspiring enough to dare to pray about. Now it feels like a real possibility I’m in danger of getting too impatient with. Now, the weird feeling is – it feels inches away but miles and miles at the same time. While the fog sometimes drives me up a wall – I wouldn’t trade this “life to the full” thing Jesus does for anything.