The Work Round

One of the things that makes Thrive groups unique is the work round.  It’s a specific period of time during the night where someone can work on a specific issue in a safe space amidst a trusted community.  We need these spaces in our lives.  We need a space to engage the work of the heart.

The work round allows each participant the time to process the stuff that is just not quite right.  This could include a fear, a lie, a sense of confusion, what it means to trust in a specific area, what it means to listen to God’s voice.  Most of these issues have to do with relationships.  The list of possibilities is endless.  But the goal is the same, to engage healing in our lives.

At first the work round can seem daunting, or even intimidating.  What would it really mean to be honest with our junk?  What would it mean to admit we don’t have it all together?  What would it mean to really follow in the footsteps of Jesus and practice love, to engage forgiveness, to reconcile the deep wounds of our lives?  What would it mean to leave shame and guilt behind? And what would it mean to let go of the

The simple fact is Jesus came to restore our lives.  He came to reveal the new humanity and the life we were designed to live.  To step into that takes work.  It means practicing restoration in ways that we are not used to.  It means tearing down the obstacles that hinder our growth. It means facing our own ego that keeps us locked in an arrested state of development.

But when we do, when we really step into the space of work, we become like the blind man who can see.  We get to be the ones that experience the restoration.  We see the power of the lies that have created terrible obstacles in our lives crumble.  The weeds gets pulled and the garden begins to grow.