Birds resting

What's up with the animal titles? Beats me. (-:

Jesus teaches about how the Kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed. (Matthew 13:31-32):

"Though it is the smallest of all seeds, yet when it grows, it is the largest of garden plants and becomes a tree, so that the birds come and perch in its branches."

This past week this passage spoke to me in a way it never has. Its the passage that explains what we're creating at Grace Park. We call it a safe place because it is where hurting people can come and experience authentic relationships with God and people. Notice that the kingdom of heaven is a place where even birds come and rest in its branches. Birds rest in safe places. I see glimpses of where Grace Park is going and its electrifying. The long term vision of Grace Park could simply be this passage, it becomes a place where the world can come and find rest.