Relationships

You know what's been hitting me lately? This idea of genuineness and being real with people. I think sometimes we, as Christians, feel like we have to have it all together all the time, and people aren't stupid. People can see through the fake facade that so many people put up. You know exactly what I'm talking about. The people who are "happy" all the time...because they don't think they're allowed to be anything else. But more than that I've been thinking about not our genuinness in how we view or see ourselves, but our realness in how we love others. Loving them for who they are, brokenness and all.

What if our ministry could just radiate from our lives. We don't need to be in a building or have a designated time-slot for ministry....we are the body. We are the Church. We are the people whom, through the work of Christ in our lives, can show the world hope. People aren't always looking for a building with good music or good "programming." I believe that the church is indeed very necessary...but I think the things that people desire most are relationships...real ones. People within the church and outside the church...they want real relationships. So we, through our relationships with others, should (or at least try to) be showing people the reality of the ultimate relationship with Christ.