I have finally gotten a quiet moment to just enjoy the blogs of my family. It is so amazing to see your thoughts and hearts here at home. I was outside enjoying this gorgeous South Florida day with my new puppy, Dezi, while reading Colassians and something Paul writes in his opening greeting caused longing in heart. "...asking God to give you wise minds and spirits attuned to his will, and so acquire a thorough understanding of the ways in which God works...We look at this Son and see the God who cannot be seen. We look at this Son and see God's original purpose in everything, above and below, visible and invisible, rank after rank after rank of angels--everything got started in him and finds its purpose in him. He was there before any of it came into existence and holds it all together right up to this moment. And when it comes to the church, he organizes and holds it together, like a head does a body...From beginning to end he's there, towering far above everything, everyone. So spacious is he, so roomy, that everything of God finds its proper place in him without crowding. Not only that, but all the broken and dislocated pieces of the universe--people and things, animals and atoms--get properly fixed and fit together in vibrant harmonies, all because of his death, his blood that poured down from the Cross." Colossians 1and 2
What encouragement to the Body of Christ, what encouragement to us here in this particular community that is just a small part of the Living Temple. How awesome that we are not a random pile of stones and it is not up to us to somehow place them in perfect order to make a sound building. My hearts cry in prayer is that we would rest in the truth that God is building His spiritual house. He has placed His living stones in Christ and is gathering us together all the while shaping and perfecting each for that special placing. We are all so different and there are so many facets of Christ that can be seen in one another. I am thankful for what we have. I am excited to see what Father is doing. I am content to just learn and grow with one another and let Him do the building.