Doubts and assurance
Doubts: We were but 14 yesterday morning for our worship time. Jesus promised to be present, which still makes that reunion “extraordinary”, even though I struggle to believe it.
Assurance: In our Bible class, several of us were reading passages on “the Church is the body of Christ”. We then spent some time defining the different words, trying to see how they related together. For “church”, up came “assembly, family, bride, gathering, body, nation” and others. Then one of our regular visitors whose only experience of church in the last 50 years has been “us” finally chimed in: “A haven of peace.”
May 26th, 2008 at 5:50 pm
Sounds like his experience with your body of believers trumps the attendance numbers! You’re doing something right!!
May 27th, 2008 at 11:23 am
Too bad everybody doesn’t view it as a “haven of peace!” What a wonderful description!
May 27th, 2008 at 5:51 pm
Would that the world saw the church that way.