A friend of mine hosts a shepherding group in her home. AKA, a small group for couples. This group is from her church (in Greenville)- she and her husband are the leaders. They meet every 1st and 3rd Wednesday.
I have asked Nick to go with me. Our church does not do interactive small groups year round. We do small groups in January until March but not all of them are interactive. I really want to be a part of an interactive small group that encourages each other- like a FAMILY. I want to be with my brothers and sisters in Christ. To laugh, to talk, to read the Bible together, to pray together, to do communion- to BE together.
In church, you can't really do that. In Sunday School you have one teacher and less than an hour. You can do prayer requests but to actually interact with others- not so much. In the worship, you sing together, the pastor preaches- and then you leave. Still no interaction.
I think the familial interaction is what I have been missing.
A child of God- beloved, holy, righteous, blameless, healed, forgiven, brand new, sheep, salt, light, a branch, temple of God, reconciled, a saint, God's workmanship, hidden with Christ in God, an expression of the life of Christ because He is my life, a partaker, a living stone- crucified with Christ, I no longer live but Christ lives IN ME!
Wednesday, April 29, 2015
Last two posts: 36 years and Push Mowing
For whatever reason the last two posts did NOT post when I wrote them.
36 years was supposed to have posted on April 28th at 12:15pm.
Push Mowing was supposed to have posted on April 24th.
36 years was supposed to have posted on April 28th at 12:15pm.
Push Mowing was supposed to have posted on April 24th.
36 years
36 years ago today. Almost to the exact time- a drunk driver hit our car.
6 hours later my mother died.
My 7 year old sister suffered terrible injuries yet lived.
My dad and I were relatively uninjured physically except for acid burns on our face from where the battery exploded.
I remember the accident and thereafter. That was my injury.
But I thankful to God, my Healer. The One Who works all things to my good. I love Him.
Push mowing
Thought I would see how much I push mow. I thought of using my GPS watch- after I had mowed some already. So this is not completely accurate. And I also did some working in my flower beds.
Friday, April 24, 2015
Thursday, April 23, 2015
If....
What would I look like if Jesus REALLY ruled in me?
If He did, that is, if my faith were deep, burning, powerful and passionate, my life would be very different.
My self-esteem would cease to be based upon the worldly values of possessions, prestige, status and privilege, and upon the group solidarities of family, race, class, religion and nation. For to make these my supreme values is to have nothing in common with Jesus.
With burning faith I would speak of Jesus not as some distant being but as a close friend with whom I have a personal relationship.
The invisible world would become more real than the visible, the world of what I believe more real than the world of what I see, Christ more real than myself.
Yes, my life would be radically different if Jesus Christ ruled in me, if my faith had the force of a passionate conviction.
- Brennan Manning, The Relentless Tenderness of Jesus
Tuesday, April 21, 2015
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