Always learning, never "done", never satisfied!

I have been at North Point Community Church the past few days for their DRIVE '08 Conference.  Last night, they had a fun "surprise" night for us at their Browns Bridge location - it was kind of a "ho-down" with hot dogs, burgers, fries, sausages, ribs, funnel cakes, etc., some games, a look around their facility, a blue-grass band played - and then the surprise came with a special appearance by Jeff Foxworthy - it was incredible!  

This conference gave nuts and bolts with breakout sessions - which all included Q&A - and it was great through exposure of the North Point ministries.  Also, Andy Stanley taught great principles of leadership and a healthy staff - and then ended it today with the final session on about 5-6 great "random recent issues" that he is working through.  I truly appreciated this final session (along with all of them) because it was through the lens of "we are not there yet" - he just shared some things that keep him thinking, challenged, and burdened.  

This is great for guys like me to hear and see that we are all in process and hopefully we will always be learning.  It also makes me respect people that can appear to "have it all down" or "have arrived" - because they are still learning and growing and not satisfied.  

My father-in-law Johnny Hunt is an incredible example of this principle.  Recently, we were talking and he was sharing about some new things that he is doing - really to ultimately reach people.  Some might think he is satisfied to have a large church and a global ministry, but he is such an open person who wants to keep learning and is not satisfied!  I can learn a great lesson from that!