1.21 blog

This past Wednesday, I took part in one of our church’s Community Groups, and during this time, I was struck by what a beautiful thing I was witnessing. There were about a dozen of us were there, and we were all very different.

Some of us were young, some were older. Some were single, some were newly-weds, some were seasoned veterans at marriage. Some had adult children, some had infants. Some of us had jobs, some were jobless, some were contemplating career changes. Some of us lived in houses, some lived in apartments, some live at the Rescue Mission. Some of us were anglo, some of us were African American, some are a hodge-podge of Eastern European and Jewish ethnicities (me).

We are all so different. Yet we were there, sharing life together. We were so different, but we were united around the fact that we’re all sinners, who have been reconciled to God through Jesus. We were so different, but we had morein common than it would appear at first blush.

This is the beauty of the church. Ephesians 2.11-22 speaks of how Jesus has broken down the usual geographic-social-ethnic barriers that so tragically divide humanity, and has united all sorts of people together in ONE body. If your church reflects diversity, rejoice! If your church does not, then repent, and do whatever you can to bring it about! If you aren’t involved in a church, you’re missing out on something beautiful.

Posted by: Gene Schlesinger