WHAT IF?
by Jodi Anderson
WHAT IF? What if there was a place to gather in your City, that was
open 24 hours a day? What if it was a place to pray and worship. A
place to collaborate. A place to receive healing and encouragement.
What if there was a place to play music, sing and be artistic. What
if creative people could share their talents with one another and get
behind each other and promote one another in their vision
and calling. What if teams could gather and meet at this place to go
out on the streets, healing the sick, raising the dead, street theater,
street poets and artisans. What if it was a place to connect with like
minded and like hearted people. What if you could pool your resources,
time and energy and see communities affected by you being what you were
designed to be. What if visionaries could come together and share their
dreams and visions with those who have the ability to make things
happen. What if you could invest in this place and actually have
ownership. What if you all got along and loved each other and knew how
to live from unoffendable preferring each other above yourself. What if
you could just be in a place and share your thought and ideas even if
they were never accomplished. What if it was a place to just have
really deep meaningful relationships and this was put above all projects
and endeavors. What if you could just be apart of something and it
really didn't matter what you did but just being together and sharing
your lives with others brought more satisfaction than anything. What
if!!!
My friend from Oregon wrote 'What If' and put it on her FB page. When I read it....my first thought was, 'This is der Garten!' So I copied it down in my journal because I wanted to keep it. Later, I read it to Bre and Thilo. They too said, "That sounds like der Garten!"
So now I feel more focused and energized to keep on and to expand and grow into the, "What If?" in a fuller way. What if there were rooms like this all over Berlin?
Above all - let the name of Jesus be glorified in der Garten. Not our plans, our schemes or even our dreams.
Let Jesus be glorified.
