Two punches.
One felt amazing.
One was more like a sucker punch that took the wind out of me for a minute.
Last week I got punched right in the heart...
In a good way.
My heart was hit with overwhelming gratitude as I got to spend time hiking in, and enjoying some of God's most beautiful creation.
Overwhelmed with wonder at the beauty of the mountains.
Overwhelmed with love and appreciation as I was able to spend time with my wife and daughter.
It was a week that will live in my heart and mind forever.
This week.
Today actually...
Was more of a sucker punch to the gut.
The kind that takes your breath away for a minute and leaves you wondering what just happened.
My mom called me with some tough to hear health news.
I didn't say much as she delivered all of the specifics.
Partly from shock.
Partly because emotions were welling up to the point of spilling out...
And I could hear here asking for me not to worry.
Still hard to process.
Still lots of challenges to come.
But, at the end of the day...
I know that Jesus took care of eternity for us, so I have a peace.
Which doesn't mean there is no sorrow at possibly having to plan for a short future without mom in it.
Life punches you like that, right?
But, combined... those punches over the last 10 days or so are more like a slap across the face.
A wake up call.
To personally stop playing too small for the desires that God placed into my heart.
And also...
To stop waiting on and partnering with others who have no real desire or drive to become and be more.
What God has been continuing to tell me lately is that there has to be more urgency in my actions.
Time on earth is short.
A blink.
The parable of the talents weighs heavier on me each day.
Meaning...
I have been asking myself on a daily basis if I have done everything I can to multiply all that God has given me.
And the answer is no.
Is everything I am doing, done as if for the Lord?
Again, no.
I've been to slow to act.
Hesitant to move.
I've settled for addition, when God is asking me to multiply what he's given me.
Here's my plan to build a community of people with URGENCY to multiply all that's been given us.
It's a plan that can create massive multiplication of not just resources...
But, also the time and choice to use the resources in the way God is asking.
Building community at scale though means that slackers and slow movers are a cog in the works.
It means that those who don't have a current sense of urgency in life are a source of frustration to everyone else.
Because, I can give you all the tools, and systems, and training to multiply.
But, the speed at which you do it comes from your sense of urgency to become more and be more.
So you can have more, and more importantly GIVE way more.
Anyway... I'll cut this short because I realize that this only speaks to maybe 3 or 4% of people who are feeling massive discontent right now with the average.
If this messages hits you, and you're feeling like you need to move NOW in life to be more, do more, have more, and give more...
This community build project is probably for you.
I still love you if you're not in the "sprinting" portion of running your race right now.
I just don't personally have the time to keep stopping and looking back at anyone in the jog right now.
God bless.
Nick Bramble
