Supernatural Community

So, I was riding my bike Friday morning and thinking about this weekend. I realized that left to my own nature I would probably not serve Saturday or go camping with Restoration people. I would sleep in, workout, fix breakfast, play with my kids, talk to Kim and read a book. Sounds like a perfect day.
I don’t naturally build community. I don’t feel the need for it most of the time. I also do not like contrived community that feels forced. Probably like you I don’t even realize my need for community until life kicks me in the gut and I need help.
So why try? Why go Saturday and serve and campout with people we don’t know? Here is the most honest answer I can give you. Loving God and loving his church does not come naturally either. It requires choice, faith and sacrifice. But it is worth it. The Apostle John speaking to churches in modern day Turkey, said to them, “No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God lives in us and his love is made complete in us” (1 John 4:12). Read that again, because it is profound. God’s love grows in us as we attempt to love each other in the church. And we cannot love each other if we are not together, serving alongside of each other and learning each other’s stories.
I hope you will do what is unnatural. I hope you will do what is supernatural. I hope you will join us and pour love into this church like God does. Augustine said, “The church is a whore, but she is my mother.” Let’s love our mother.
For details on our service projects visit our Denver church website at www.Restorationcc.us or email Nanci at nanci@restorationcc.us.
Blessings,
Ron