There’s something dangerous that can happen to people who spend their lives helping others.
Not all at once.
Not dramatically.
Not with some giant explosion.
It happens slowly.
Quietly.
You keep showing up for broken people. You keep carrying heavy conversations. You keep walking into hospital rooms, counseling sessions, funeral homes, addiction stories, marriage crises, anxiety battles, and spiritual darkness. You keep trying to rescue people from the flames like Jude 23 talks about.
Read MoreLast week I promised a post that I’ve decided to delay till next week. After I wrote those words, life was interrupted by the sudden, shocking, unexpected death of someone dear to our church, and I want to tell you about her today.
Emilee Joyner left this earth last Wednesday after only 34 years with us. In the last several years, she had a deep impact on everyone who worshipped at Christ’s church. And since Wednesday we’ve seen how her influence was even wider, based on a faith that was deeper than some know.
Her memorial service is happening as you might be reading this, and I want to tell you three things about Emilee I’m sharing at the service.
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