I am excited to go back to school for one reason...I will be able to find a good church and go there for at least 4 months straight. I haven't been plugged into a good church since I got back to the U.S. in August. I've been moving, and searching, and visiting, and through all of it I have really started to get the importance of "not forsaking the assembly of ourselves together" (Heb 10:25). I know that my relationship with Jesus is not dependant upon anyone else that will show up at a church building on the same Sunday I do, but there is just something different, challenging, and exhillarting about gathering with my brothers and sisters and worshiping God together. So at a time when I guess the books say I'm supposed to be tired of the church and runnign away from it, I'm longing for a good church home!
I used to have a very negative view of the church in the U.S. but now that I have actually fully given myself to God and said "Here I am send me...even if that means send me to Illinois and not Africa..." God has begun to help me see some churches that really do have it, and has given me hope. One really cool story from this weekend: There was a man attending a church in St Louis, MO praying about starting a church Kansas City. A dying church in KC calls up the church in St Louis and says we have a building and a few members we would like to give to you. So, the man moves to KC, and is leading a growing church that is reaching out to its surrounding community. God is still doing crazy cool things in the U.S.
No comments:
Post a Comment