welcome home

I'm starting to grow up.
I'm finally learning to feel at home in my "spiritual skin".
I grew up hearing that it was Okay to offend with the gospel. That if you turned people off with the Jesus story, then....so be it! Their loss. Was it?
I'm almost 50 years old and it has taken me this long to realize that the loss was my own. I was the one deceived.
Oh, I knew the walk. The talk. I knew what music was "right". I knew the drill.
I knew how to welcome the newcomers into the fold...as long as they knew the walk. The talk. Dressed right. Listened to the right music. Was one of "us".
I didn't understand the big picture. The one the Jesus has shown me these past 5 or so years. I was the insecure one. The searching one. The one who was trying to measure up by doing/saying all the right things. I was the one trying to give answers to the questions that noone was asking!
I'm thankful that Jesus revealed himself in a new way to me.
I'm thankful for a church that I finally feel at home in.
I'm not there yet...but I'm on my way.
"Don't be so concerned with what is pressing...that you forget the people in the boat with you" R Mark Beeson

1Peter 3:15 "But in your hearts set apart Christ as Lord. Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have. BUT DO THIS WITH GENTLENESS AND RESPECT."