Sunday, July 17, 2011
im surprised the way it came out of my mouth today. its such a scary image (hence we all push it out of our minds) that i think it has to be said again.
when we are at the peak of community living, there will be high turnover rate
people will flock here because there is much to gain here (we have much to offer). and even more will receive and start finding their own life purpose and vocation. log to me is family and home, and where i am most comfortable. but i also hope and pray that we will never love community more than we love God. it is a dangerous situation that i also find myself in. when i seek a comfortable familiarity instead of getting to know another brother/sister-in-christ, i know that i am secure in my friends' acceptance and not in God's love. maybe this is why we come across as exclusive. we have been secure in one another all along, instead of being secure in God. because God's love is not exclusive, it is for everyone. i've always wondered why we havent attracted enough strangers, because i know that if we really were for God, there would have been visible signs of growth (and i mean in numbers). perhaps this is the first hurdle to cross in reaching out to people: to be secure first in God's love, then only can we be family and home to one another without consequences
von.
im surprised the way it came out of my mouth today. its such a scary image (hence we all push it out of our minds) that i think it has to be said again.
when we are at the peak of community living, there will be high turnover rate
people will flock here because there is much to gain here (we have much to offer). and even more will receive and start finding their own life purpose and vocation. log to me is family and home, and where i am most comfortable. but i also hope and pray that we will never love community more than we love God. it is a dangerous situation that i also find myself in. when i seek a comfortable familiarity instead of getting to know another brother/sister-in-christ, i know that i am secure in my friends' acceptance and not in God's love. maybe this is why we come across as exclusive. we have been secure in one another all along, instead of being secure in God. because God's love is not exclusive, it is for everyone. i've always wondered why we havent attracted enough strangers, because i know that if we really were for God, there would have been visible signs of growth (and i mean in numbers). perhaps this is the first hurdle to cross in reaching out to people: to be secure first in God's love, then only can we be family and home to one another without consequences
von.