Luke Wrobleski is our Facilities Director. He lead our church through our 365 day auditorium renovation. For the last year, he practically lived at church, putting in literally countless hours to make our new sanctuary a reality.
In the process, God was doing something great in him.
The past year has been a rollercoaster – emotionally, spiritually, physically. There were times when I felt so overwhelmed with stress and work and family that I just wanted to crawl into a hole and stay there until the season passed.
It was tough to make myself take time to read His word when I felt like I had an out of control, never ending to-do-list. I would sometimes dread any prep that was involved before meeting with my small group. I got annoyed with having to focus my attention on the important “life lesson” conversations I needed to have with my daughters. Leading my wife with grace and mercy became tiring.
I struggled to keep God in the center of my life.
I have had to learn to keep myself rooted in my faith amongst the best and worst circumstances. Other than my usual attempt to “just try harder,” I needed something more to help me on my journey. I had to have some very hard conversations with myself – what were the real priorities in my life? I found that too often worldly things crept up to the #1 spot. I started praying for God to help me learn how to desire Him all the time.
Shortly after I started that prayer, my eyes were opened – I was able to see the heart behind the decisions our staff was making. Since I was involved so much in the conversations about room setup and where groups would meet I got called in on meetings for every ministry. I was quickly amazed by the heart that drove everyone’s decisions.
Everyone here has a genuine heart for God. It’s that simple.
I am consistently impressed by everyone on staff at Pulpit Rock. It is so fun to work at a place where the staff “practices what they preach.” (Some more literally than others.)
Throughout the year I was able to re-root my faith, my desire, my longing to know God – and for Him to know me. I began enjoying the trials more. Wondering what God was going to teach me in the process – how would He use this for His good? I began enjoying my daily time in the word. Our small group just started back up after our summer break and I have been so excited to prepare for our group time as we learn more about Him together in fellowship.
Life can still be hard. But, I am thankful that God has used this church to write pieces of my story; and I am even more thankful that our staff has so fervently stepped in to what God has called us to.
Written by Luke Wrobleski
