Living Stones Christian Church

       "They devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching and to the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer. Everyone was filled with awe, and many wonders and miraculous signs were done by the apostles. All the believers were together and had everything in common. Selling their possessions and goods, they gave to anyone as he had need. Every day they continued to meet together in the temple courts. They broke bread in their homes and ate together with glad and sincere hearts, praising God and enjoying the favor of all the people. And the Lord added to their number daily those who were being saved." Acts 2:42-47.

    It never ceases to amaze me how God orchestrates our Sunday School lessons with the morning message.  For me, two ideas are very clear. One, it reassures me that we are headed in the right direction with our teaching. And two, maybe we are missing something or because of our slowness to understand He gives it too us twice.  It seems to me if He is taking the time to tell us twice, it must be important.  With that said, several things were swirling around in my head when I got home and I thought I would take a moment to write them down.

     Yesterday in Sunday School we were asked to compare our church to the church mentioned in the verses above.  One of the things we all agreed about was that it was easier for them to meet daily as they most likely lived within a couple blocks of each other as the towns then were much smaller.  I am imagining maybe something like Bowersville or Port William.  Living that close would easily allow them to stop and break bread with each other as they passed by in their regular travels of the day.  That got me to thinking, maybe we make it too hard.  Think about it, with social media the way it is today, almost all of us are a keystoke away.  In theory, we are physically closer to each other than they were.  

     If we started a daily blog like this one, where one of us could post a few verses and a thought for the day, then each time one of us read it and meditated on it, we would be one step closer to living in community.  We could share with one another some of our struggles and pray for one another.  We could challenge one another to take a fresh look at scripture we have read over in the past and never really applied to our own lives because we didn't think it was relevant.  While not physically, we have the ability to be together everyday in Spirit.  The verses above say they met everyday in the temple courts and followed the teaching of the apostles.  We all well know that we are the church, not the building.  What we are discussing is what makes it pleasing to God, not the where.  

      Throughout the day today, everytime you take a drink, whether it is coffee, pop, or even just water, remember this: Fluid is a life blood for each of us, without it we will surely die of dehydration; Jesus poured out his life blood for all of us so that we may live.  Remember to not take it for granted.  Leave your thoughts below and join the community.

Peace