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Jun. 26, 2008
An Excerpt
From my assigned "meditative essay." Entitled, "On Team Size."
During the past three sessions, our team has grown very close. There were a lot of times when there were only six or seven of us presenting songs we’d thrown together in the past half hour. Of course, this made things more difficult, but difficult – one of our watchwords since the mass exodus – seemed to draw us together.
We froze together in the Adoration Parade signing “Happy Birthday, Jesus.” We laughed together when we presented Gloria with six people. We sweated together at a Rockaway Beach cleanup project. We stood together when two of our team got injured. We brainstormed together to choreograph three new songs for Young Christian’s Weekend. We’ve stood in, made do, worked hard, sweated, laughed, discussed and enjoyed our time as a tight team.
Now we have perhaps 20 people at each practice. We have eight people on our team. We separate genders for Bible studies and have more of a discussion format for the studies, so we’re able to involve everyone in the studies. The SALTeam is being mentored by the leaders and in turn mentoring the team. It’s almost as if we’re one big family.
On this team… I know that nobody will talk bad about me behind my back, that I’ll be accepted for who I am, and never shunned for who I’m not. I know that if there’s something that needs to be accomplished, we’ll work together to accomplish it and do what needs to be done until it’s done. I know that we will delve into the deeper things of God’s Word and try to find out what He has to say to us. I know that we’ll support, encourage, pray and love each other through every time, good or bad. I know that we’ll all be challenged to be more than we are and do more than we think is possible. I know that my team will be there for me when I need a shoulder to cry on or a hand to hold and that I can do the same for them.
I also know that in the fall, we’re expecting at least five new people on the team. That’s going to jack our numbers up to what we haven’t seen in more than a year. It also means that we’re going to have to sacrifice our closeness and bonds to let others in. I refuse to be a clique because I’ve been on the outside of them and I know how much they hurt… but it’s going to be really hard to give up what we have. I’ve loved the security of this team. I’ve loved having a group of girls that I can trust with everything. I’ve loved the laughs and tears of being so tight.
However, it’s time for me to put my feelings aside. The new people that are joining our team will be just like me when I joined – looking for a friend. Jesus made the ultimate sacrifice for me. Now I need to learn to sacrifice for others. I guess now’s the time to prepare to jump out of the boat… I’ll stay in my comfort zone no longer. |
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