“I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.”
Home10/23/2017 Where is your home?
This is a question that has perhaps more than one possible answer. If we are fortunate, in life we begin with a home with the family which we grow up with. Though the place in which you lived may have changed more than once, yet each new place became your home. Then perhaps you are at or have passed the stage when you move out of your parents house and into a place of your own. This place then becomes your home, yet the previous place where you dwelt still may for a while also feel like home to you. Throughout our lives we may know a good many places that we accept as and welcome as our home. As Christians we know that the obvious answer to the question is that our home is with God in heaven. We look to this, we long for this and we know that someday we will have this home. Yet, though we look ahead for this, what of now? We still have a home here and we should have more than one of them. We have a home where we live and we also should have a home where we have and know true life, our home with God starts before we get there. This is due to us belonging to him and through this being made alive by his Holy Spirit who dwells within us. Also though we should have another home, this is a home where we should always know support and comfort. This of course is the Church to which we belong, this should and needs to be a home for us. We need to be able to see and know this as a home and therefore where we belong. So let us enjoy our many homes that we have in life, both actual and symbolic, let us also know that our home is in and with God always.
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Listening10/23/2017 Do people always listen?
One thing that is certain is that people want to be heard. We all want people to listen to what we have to say, whether they are someone that we know well or not. There can of course be many different topics of conversation, dependant upon your listeners one subject may be more interesting than another to some. But sometimes when an individual is talking, they can tell that the one they are speaking to is not really listening. It could be that they may have other things upon their minds at that time or it could be that they just are not interested in what is said. Within the Church though, can this or does this happen? When we speak to other Christians within the Church to which we belong, we should expect them to listen. Also we should also ourselves be prepared to listen to what people say, it may be that they have a need of either advice or just someone to listen to them. We also should always listen to the sermons that are spoken, as within them can be found much. We should listen, then carefully consider what is spoken. Listening is a quality that is important to have within the Church. This quality is not just for those within the church but also for those that are not. We want people to listen to us when we speak of the good news, yet do we also take the time to actually listen to what they have to say? We also most definitely must spend time listening to God, we do this as we read the bible and also as we pray, but God can sometimes speak to us when we least expect it and from sometimes the most unlikely source. We just need to be able to listen and with our full attention so we do not miss what God wants us to hear. |