Remembering Scott Courbron

I run in the path of your commands,

for you have set my heart free. 

Ps. 119:32

Scott Courbron was a pastor friend of mine who recently passed away.

He was one of those people who had a knack (genuine heart of Christ's love)

for relating to people who needed a friend in one way or another.

His funeral was filled with people to whom he had reached out and befriended

and who were filled with joy at the chance to relate how that effort had

brought them direction, help, and comfort.  It was a dramatic forum of faith.

My ministry experience had been cross-cultural and I have lived overseas.

In pastoral work, sometimes people who need your help aren't always able

to just receive advice or a financial helping-hand and move on.  They need consistent

guidance and encouragement because the life they have led before Change still wants very much to lead them. I was able to learn from Scott about how much a little bit of time spent (he spent lots) with those who are struggling can be so encouraging.

I became familiar with court appearances and jail; with some of the struggles with

which drug-addicted people have to contend.

Scott's heart had been set free as he followed Christ's commands for life and ministry.

One of the central ways that a freed heart manifests itself is in its ability to love.

If we have allowed Christ's sacrifice for us to become a real part of our daily lives, we

can expect to love others and certain things more than ourselves and the things of this

passing world. 

That kind of love was on display in the life of Scott Courbron.  His heart had been set free by Christ.  

Does how you roll have to do with Christ's commands?  It is the only right recipe for

living a life that will make a difference in others and is made possible by having a heart that has been set free!

pscott