Who wants to feel like a minion when we can sparkle like a firework?
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A day or so after the fourth of July, this minion figurine appeared on my desk in my
office at the church. Its name was Dave, and I could tell from all the warning labels on
the back that it was a firework. I wondered how it might have gotten there, but then I
remembered that our custodians Wanda and Arnold sell fireworks in a tent out on Taft
Highway. The next time I saw them I asked them if they knew anything about how Dave
the minion firework appeared on my desk, and they played all coy, but I knew better!
Our Nominations Team met this week, and as I was trying to think of a devotional to kick
off our meeting, my eyes fell upon Dave the minion firework. I tell you, it was a moment
of inspiration! The devotional—or the “Dave”-otional—that I shared with them was that
the folks we are approaching to ask to serve on the various leadership teams and
committees in the church are kind of like this minion firework. Right now, they’re all
potential. They’ve got all that energy and enthusiasm stored up inside. They’re like the
prophet Jeremiah: they’ve got “a burning fire shut up in my bones” (Jeremiah 20:9). But
our hope and our prayer is that they will just light up when they’re asked to serve, that
they will sparkle, that they will shimmer, that they will bring joy to others, and that in this
dark world they will shine bright with the light of Christ.
So when the meeting was over, there was really only one thing left to do: go out in the
parking lot and light old Dave the minion right up! Who says church meetings can’t be
fun!
My hope and my prayer is that you are serving Christ in a way that lights you up, that
kindles the fire that the Holy Spirit has placed in your heart and life, and that shares light
and hope and joy with others. Let me know if you’d like to talk about this or explore
some opportunities for what that might look like for you.
I mean, who wants to feel like a minion when we can sparkle like a firework!
