My social calendar is full. Today is a float down the river, tomorrow is a Boise Hawks Baseball game, Friday is a bar-b-que and fireworks, and Saturday is a pool party. For a girl who doesn't get out much, I have a lot going on. "Party Girls" Soubanh calls us. He's going to be at nearly all of these events, himself, so what does that make him?
I was wondering if the early church was anything like this. This house church group is also my social circle. It's like family, in the sense that we're all in each other's lives. But it's even better because it's all people who jive well with one another.
The early church in Acts met in people's homes, and they met one another's financial needs, and they dined in each other's homes. That certainly sounds like us. It's rather a lot of closeness, as one among us recently pointed out. It's like a scene from My Big Fat Greek Wedding. Remember all of the people, and the eating, and the getting in each other's business? It's like that. It's quite wonderful, really.
God seems to like us to live in community. Not quite communal living, but certainly relational. He wants us to be accountable to others. He wants us to be close enough to see needs in others. He wants us to have relationships wherein we've earned the right to speak truth into the lives around us. This intimacy requires investment. It requires commitment. And it requires a great deal of time.
So, that sure makes my weekend plans sound holy, huh?
1 comment:
They shared what they had and gave to each as it was needed...
That is the true sense of family.... And what confounded the first century observer - just as it does today...
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