Community

Well, I'm being given flack for not posting for a little while. Actually that's not entirely true, I have been posting, just not here. Anyhow. Things seem to be going pretty good for the most part. Finances are still pretty tight, but I have a renewed sense of peace about it. Something awesome happened earlier this week, and for the first time I really feel like my church is starting to live in fellowship of community. Allow me to share. As many of you know, finances have been tight, ok, tight is probably an understatement. I received my bi-weekly paycheck on Friday November 4th, by Saturday night, we had $2.04 left in our checking account, but still had some needs. The car was on empty, as was our refrigerator, cupboards, and my contact solution. Needless to say $2 wasn't going to cover that. I was stressed, trying to figure out how I was going to get gas in the car so that I could drive to and from work this week. When out of the blue I was approached my a member of our community who said they know we are going through some rough times and they wanted to help out. That gift came at the moment we needed it. I've had gas in my car this week, we've put foot on the table, and my eyes haven't dried up yet, some from crying, but mostly because of the contact solution I was able to buy). It reminded me of one of my favorite passages of scripture, Acts 2:42-47. This is a picture of the early church and a vivid picture of what it meant for them to live in community. John Piper says "believers were so bonded that if one was in need, the others did not feel they had the right to live on in prosperity without giving up something to meet the need." That's the community in which I live.

Later,

David

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Thanks Jeff

I want to pass along a special thanks to Jeff. Spelling never was my forte as many people can attest to. I believe I've posted before about how religious I am with running spell check on my posts, and that it's a banner day when I can run it without it giving me any errors.



Anyhow...I continue to read from the book Jesus In The Margins, I'll make sure I continue to post my thoughts and comments. In the mean time, you can read this article which is what convinced me I wanted to read the book.

Thanks,

David

It's your turn

Since I'm no longer studying for my Windows XP certification I have picked back up my reading of Jesus In The Margins. Some of the content I read tonight got some questions stirring in my mind and I would love to hear some of your thoughts on it. The book was mentioning how Jesus said that to enter the kingdom of heaven we are to become like children. One of the aspects that was mentioned was having a childlike innocence. So the question is this, how does one maintain a child like innocence, but still be able to be in their world ministering like Jesus did. Jesus hung out with the tax collectors and prostitutes. How did Jesus expose himself to the corruptions of the world, and yet remain innocent? Maybe the question that is more on my mind is, how do I follow Jesus' pattern? Can I go to a bar and be exposed to the things of this world, yet maintain an the innocence that Jesus wants?

Later,

David