What is the goal here?

I was reading a post over on The House Church Blog along with the coments and thought I'd make a comment myself. I decided to add more here. Before you go any further, read Roger's post and the comments posted there.

Ok, I'm assuming you read it ALL...ha. Now here's my comment and some more:

Great comments Roger and all... I wholeheartedly agree.

It seems like we spend much time designing the nursery and forget to make babies. It's the love affair between Christ and me that overflows into the community, both to the believer and to the pre-believer. It's how we are to be known to the world, as beloved hence, lovers. For me, it's just keeping my heart on-track, being led by His eye, rather than by "...bit and bridle". And, if my love affair with Him and His kids is unbridled (pun intended), then babies should be the natural result.

But from there it becomes within community where the full radiance of His beauty is to be reflected. We are designed as such, to be an incomplete reflection of Him without community. And so it becomes a dual track, one of encouraging those within the fellowship to grow in their giftings and walk in them - to reflect rather than introspect, and to reach out from community to the pre-believer.

Right now I'm at a point of pondering that if we are to be known by our love for each other within community - what does this mean? How am I to love? What are pre-believers to be drawn to? Sometimes it seems that if I were to respond to every need within the fellowship, there would be no time for my neighbors. I'm feeling that, as I mentioned in my previous post, my life - our lives - have insufficient margins to be able to do all the loving we are to do. I'm too busy tending to my "stuff". My life has become so insular, like most living in the U.S.

A friend suggested watching the movie, "The Simple Life of Noah Dearborn". Here's a link to the trailer.

I'll let you know when I see it. Any comments?

Comments

[James]

First time visitor!

Read your comment over at THCB. I appreciate the passion and creativity with which you communicate. I'm in a season of refecting on the reality of Jesus as the Treasure, the Pearl, the Life. If he's the Treasure then we're foolish, aren't we, if we focus on the church that HE'S supposed to be building? If he's the Pearl of Great Price then the intimacy of our hearts should not be woed by anything or anyone, including the church. And if He's our Life then apart from our abiding relationship we have no value or meaningful purpose.

I like your blog. Good work!