Wednesday, April 4, 2007

Why "do" Church?

This week I have naturally been reflecting a lot about Easter and it’s meaning for us as Christians. Easter Sunday is one of those very rare Sundays when you know you will have visitors in your church, and you want everything to be just right. Because it would be really great if these visitors would return the following week, and become regulars.

We will make sure that things are clean, attractive, and welcoming. We hope and pray our people will be clean, attractive and welcoming. But in the end, we’re all just people. We’re all somewhat dirty, somewhat foul, and somewhat . I know, it seems a little hard to believe. But if we weren’t, we wouldn’t be coming to church on Sunday either. We need church. We need God’s Holy Spirit to be alive in us and to work in us. We need it, as much as anybody else needs it.

We think about those outside the church, but all the while, we are reminded that what we do in church is motivated out of our need for a Savior, and our love for our Savior. Yes, people who don’t attend church every Sunday need a Savior – but not more than we.

When all is said and done, we don’t come to church Easter Sunday because “they” need it, because of the visitors we know will be there. We come to church because we need it.

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