Hello Eaglebrook Family:
It was nice to be away last week, we went to Illinois to help our daughter get her house ready to sell. She is a foster mom to a little 18 month girl and we got to spend lots of time with Jazmine while we were there. She doesn’t talk much but she can sure let you know what she wants pretty clearly. Sometimes I feel like I wish God would let us know a little more clearly what He wants. Sometimes I feel pretty clear about what direction He is heading. Many times I seek His direction and have a hard time understanding what to do. I was told by a wise friend once that God’s direction is a lot like that provided by a ship’s rudder. In order to have any effect, the boat must be moving. Once it is, the rudder can steer very effectively. I feel like that was very helpful insight!
So Eaglebrook’s direction will always come from God’s rudder-like inspiration. We continually seek His direction, then move out. We often have to make corrections as we go, as you have seen in our navigation of the Covid-19 guidelines. I feel like we did our best to follow His inspiration and guidance while still rendering to Caesar what was required. It seems like now that we are coming out on the other side of the pandemic that we did OK. Some folks were unhappy with us even holding services because it was risky, others felt we should just ignore the Oneida County guidelines. We tried to maintain Jesus’ heart in caring for the most vulnerable while still allowing the most room for worship and gathering.
Wherever you come out on that spectrum, we hope you can see that above all we were following the Lord in navigating our way through. Thank you all for the many prayers and words of encouragement we received over the past year plus. Hang in there, we are getting very close to being able to celebrate the finish line.
Peace and Blessings.
Ray for the Eaglebrook Elder Board
