Spotlight: Jack Hubble
I came to Amarillo 2 years ago. After 2 months of “church shopping†God clearly pointed me to the Loft through my Mom. She sent me a link to their website and I decided to go check it out.
From the moment I walked in, I felt the love of Christ all around me through the people that greeted me and got to know me. It has been a crazy 2 years after moving 1000 miles away from home and family back in the Midwest. There have been so many ups and downs but one of the constants has been the people at the LOFT that God has used to keep me focused on Him. I have had some moments where I felt on top of the world, and I have had moments where I was ready to throw everything away and go back to home where I was comfortable. God has shown me how to live in a world that is most of the time, uncomfortable.
Like most things, when I joined the LOFT, I got involved quickly and took on more than I was ready for. I was a leader at JPULSE student ministry, helped run lights on Sundays, watched students at Joy Squad on Mondays, ran certain elements of our young adult ministry and was always there anytime we had an event going on, all while on top of having other commitments outside of the church. I was loving it, but I was tired. I was so tired that I couldn’t get out of bed some mornings, and the mornings I did, I didn’t want to. I had stretched myself so thin and I couldn’t understand how or why. I am a single, young guy, far away from family. All I have on my hands is time and energy, so it didn’t make sense that I couldn’t handle it. I had to take a big step back. And I didn’t realize it until a little later, but I had forgot the most important part, trusting in God and relying on His strength.
I was leaning so heavy on my own strength and energy and depending only on myself that I just ran out of motivation, energy, the ability to do normal, everyday tasks. I thought that doing all these things in a church and for God was good enough so I neglected having a relationship with Him. Through it all the community God has given me at the LOFT was more than loving, graceful, patient, caring and kind. They treated me like the family that they are to me, a family in Christ.
I still have struggles, bad days but God has shown me it’s in His strength that I make it through and He has surrounded me with so many great believers to walk in that with. I have been able to get back into serving and leading different ministries in the church but not on my own this time. I am so thankful for the LOFT and its faithful members. God is definitely moving here.
From the moment I walked in, I felt the love of Christ all around me through the people that greeted me and got to know me. It has been a crazy 2 years after moving 1000 miles away from home and family back in the Midwest. There have been so many ups and downs but one of the constants has been the people at the LOFT that God has used to keep me focused on Him. I have had some moments where I felt on top of the world, and I have had moments where I was ready to throw everything away and go back to home where I was comfortable. God has shown me how to live in a world that is most of the time, uncomfortable.
Like most things, when I joined the LOFT, I got involved quickly and took on more than I was ready for. I was a leader at JPULSE student ministry, helped run lights on Sundays, watched students at Joy Squad on Mondays, ran certain elements of our young adult ministry and was always there anytime we had an event going on, all while on top of having other commitments outside of the church. I was loving it, but I was tired. I was so tired that I couldn’t get out of bed some mornings, and the mornings I did, I didn’t want to. I had stretched myself so thin and I couldn’t understand how or why. I am a single, young guy, far away from family. All I have on my hands is time and energy, so it didn’t make sense that I couldn’t handle it. I had to take a big step back. And I didn’t realize it until a little later, but I had forgot the most important part, trusting in God and relying on His strength.
I was leaning so heavy on my own strength and energy and depending only on myself that I just ran out of motivation, energy, the ability to do normal, everyday tasks. I thought that doing all these things in a church and for God was good enough so I neglected having a relationship with Him. Through it all the community God has given me at the LOFT was more than loving, graceful, patient, caring and kind. They treated me like the family that they are to me, a family in Christ.
I still have struggles, bad days but God has shown me it’s in His strength that I make it through and He has surrounded me with so many great believers to walk in that with. I have been able to get back into serving and leading different ministries in the church but not on my own this time. I am so thankful for the LOFT and its faithful members. God is definitely moving here.