We are now at a juncture in the ministry here at Good Shepherd where we can either move forward with full assurance of our faith or go backwards into complacency and convenience, only to wonder what might have been. Our steering committee is in place and has a chairman in the person of Deacon Clyde Pender. In the very near future they will be beginning the process of bringing together property and plans to produce what is God's vision for this church. I have watched this church grow in so many ways. Some of us have planted and others of us have watered, but certainly, God has given the increase.
Nothing can be further from the truth.
We are now in that season between seed-time and harvest. It is during this time that no activity is apparent. Seeds have been planted and yet we see nothing growing. We become anxious and wonder to ourselves if our planting has been in vain. Farmers deal with this kind of anxiety every year, but a faithful farmer never takes their seed out of the ground on the suspicion that nothing will grow, but they wait on the Lord of the harvest to give the increase.