I was reminded of this quote from CS Lewis' Mere Christianity recently and wanted to share it with you. It encourages me that God is actively at work in my life, even when things are not as I expected, even when they are difficult. We are living stones, being built into a spiritual house; God is making His home in us a we obey what Jesus has taught us. What an honour, and a relief... and a challenge to allow Him to work in me.
I pray this parable speaks to you this week!
Pastor Tracy
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"I find I must borrow yet another parable from George MacDonald. Imagine yourself as a living house. God comes in to rebuild that house. At first, perhaps, you can understand what He is doing. He is getting the drains right and stopping the leaks in the roof and so on: you knew that those jobs needed doing and so you are not surprised. But presently he starts knocking the house about in a way that hurts abominably and does not seem to make sense. What on earth is He up to? The explanation is that He is building quite a different house from the one you thought of - throwing out a new wing here, putting on an extra floor there, running up towers, making courtyards. You thought you were going to be made into a decent little cottage: but He is building a palace. He intends to come and live in it Himself."
CS Lewis, Mere Christianity
“You also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.”
“Jesus replied, ’Anyone who loves me will obey my teaching. My Father will love them, and we will come to them and make our home with them.’”
THIS SUNDAY
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 25 @ 10am
THE BIBLE SAYS WHUT? GENESIS EDITION
Is Jesus in Genesis?
Tracy Dunham
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