Doubts and assurance
Doubts: We were but 14 yesterday morning for our worship time. Jesus promised to be present, which still makes that reunion “extraordinaryâ€, 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 Christâ€. We then spent some time defining the different words, trying to see how they related together. For “churchâ€, 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.â€
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May 26, 2008@ 5:50 pm
Sounds like his experience with your body of believers trumps the attendance numbers! You’re doing something right!!
May 27, 2008@ 11:23 am
Too bad everybody doesn’t view it as a “haven of peace!” What a wonderful description!
May 27, 2008@ 5:51 pm
Would that the world saw the church that way.