Invite the misfits

I love the misfits, the one's standing on the outside looking in.  The ones who feel left out because they aren't in the cool click.  The ones willing to do something when no one else is.  The ones whose hearts are so on fire and hungry for something, once they've got hold of it they'll never let go.

Invite the misfits.

That's the war cry of Renegades of Grace Ministries.

We are supposed to be united, one body, but unfortunately there are a lot of things in this world that are not as they should be.

I can't live a life of church and work and sleep, I've got to have more, I'm asking God for more.  I want to do more, see more, and be more.

God has been growing my crew and man oh man they are really something else!  They are dedicated, want to do anything and everything necessary and they are so much more than the cool click.

I love their hearts, their drive and that willingness.  I need them and all the wonderful qualities they bring to the table.  I need more souls like them because it's so much bigger than all of us.

For some reason showing up a disease for others, no matter how often you invite them, they aren't going to show up and they aren't going to invite you to their stuff either.  It's alright, it's not a big deal.  I'm not scared to stand alone and neither are any of them, because God makes us able to do all we do.  Those who choose not to are the one's really missing out.  You can't sleep on your purpose or you live a life unfulfilled..  If you won't show up for others you can't expect them to show up for you, although my bunch is gonna show up.

They've been shunned, they've been left out, they've been on the outside looking in and that's not always the most pleasant place to be.

No one wants to be left out.

We all want to belong to something, to know we are loved and valuable.  God created us for community, so it completely makes sense to want to be a part of something.

There are those who will tell you they are too busy, they've got too much going on.  We do too.

We've got children and jobs and bills and partners and all the same stuff going on as the ones who claim to be busy.

Willingness is the difference, laying down our lives for others is the difference.  We don't want to live all bottled up in our neat little organized worlds, we want it all.

We are the ones chasing everything God has for us.

It's more than the lives we are living, it's kingdom.

Jesus loved those no one else wanted, no one else loved, those who were shunned, mistreated, looked down on.  He loved them and He changed their lives forever.  Everyone He touched were healed and whole.  He didn't turn anyone away, not ever.  He supped with them, His very presence they hungered for, needed, the great I am.  They were His people, the ones He came for.

I can see Him sitting there, hearing their conversations, seeing the smiles on their faces, the awe and wonder that He would love them.  I can see them, the misfits.  Dirty faces and hands, no clean changing of clothes, hurt and broken people who desperately needed His love.

We are those misfits.

I'm still in awe that He would love me.  I'm still at that table supping, smiling, talking to those around me, enjoying the company and the meal and the presence of my Savior.  I see all my people there, my Ride or Die's, smiling, talking, doing the same thing I'm doing.

Do you remember when you were broken and felt unloved?

Invite the misfits.