Don't Forget Where We Came From

Psalm 133:1

"How good and pleasant it is when God’s people live together in unity!"

I grew up in a family that loved to go to church. We went to Sunday school, Sunday morning service, Sunday night service, BTU, bible study, and fifth Sunday congress. We also spent time at the sanctuary on Saturday mornings to clean the church. The pastor ate dinner with us at grandma's house on most weekends. Back in those days, we even went on outings with the church to places like Board Walk & Baseball and Lithia Springs.

In those days, our family was united. Disagreements may have arisen, but anger never lingered. We worked hard to make sure that everyone had a foundation that was not just the activity of being at the sanctuary. We worked hard to make sure that everyone's foundation was God. When I think of those days, I wonder when did we forget where we came from?

When did we forget about the shared responsibility of training up a child? When did we forget about the importance of prayer and living peaceably with each other? We used to huddle up and pray when someone was going through. Now, we turn our backs and act like our brother's turmoil or our sister's heartache is their problem. What happened to bearing each other's burdens is what I wonder. Then I wonder what happened to our love of going to church?

Have we gone so far away from God that we can't remember what we learned in the sanctuary? Have we forgotten learning John 3:16 in Mrs. Benton's class, or retelling the story of Jesus's birth for Christmas and His death for the Easter play? Maybe we can't remember the sadness we felt when we learned that Cain killed Abel. Remember we vowed that we would never treat our family that way. We said that we would love each other the way that Jesus loved the world. But somehow, the love of the world has clouded our view and I wonder do we remember that our foundation is and always has been God? 

1 Corinthians 1:10

I appeal to you, brothers and sisters,[a] in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree with one another in what you say and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be perfectly united in mind and thought.

Adayinthelife :-)