Its been a while since my last post.  Life just seems to get in the way sometimes.  God has been blessing our church as of late with several families who are faithful & share a desire to pass on a mult-generational vision.  I read something recently that has stuck in my head.  The quote went something like this, "He who loves a vision of the Chruch more than the Church itself does violence to the latter"  They say the truth hurts and that one really stung.  I think this also applies to the family.  A vision is a dream of our ideals.  The funny thing is how satisfied we are with the vision while the reality flounders.  The truth is that a vision is worthless if it doesn't translate into daily action that impacts the family/church/ etc.  The translation usually involves a dose of frustration mixed with a whole lot of effort.  That's the rub.  How do we learn to love the object more than the vision?