What is "my local church", the people of God I belong to and hold myself responsible to? It is bigger than SBPC where my church membership resides. It is bigger than MOPS International and the hundreds of local moms I have poured my life into leading and the local groups I coach? It is bigger than the churches represented by those on our culdesac, those our kids go to school, scouts and play sports with? It is bigger than our local friendship networks? It is bigger than our prayers for the new local church plants in our neighborhood?
What does it mean to hold myself responible to something that big? Surprisingly, it is pretty simple - at least in words. It simply means surrendering to God's reign in my life and striving to be present where he calls me each day. Somedays I get a lot wrong, but he is a patient authority who generously offers insights and strategies to do better in the future while encouraging my continual efforts and affirming my worth and growing faithfullness.
What does it mean to hold myself responible to something that big? Surprisingly, it is pretty simple - at least in words. It simply means surrendering to God's reign in my life and striving to be present where he calls me each day. Somedays I get a lot wrong, but he is a patient authority who generously offers insights and strategies to do better in the future while encouraging my continual efforts and affirming my worth and growing faithfullness.
