Spiritual Formation

Monday, May 05, 2008

Sharing their possessions. . .


This weekend a couple of our small groups combined efforts to host a garage sale for a family in my group that was in financial need.


The experience allowed the several families involved to more intentionally practice the necessary discipline of "purging" stuff from their lives (and, boy we all have lots of STUFF!) It also allowed us to benefit from what Paul calls the "grace of giving" (ponder the paradox of that statement for a while).


We raised $400 for this family. This amount won't necessarily cover their needs, or solve their problems, but hopefully it helps solidify our love for them and provide for their daily bread this week.


We are a culture that are sub-consciously taught to embrace our stuff tighter than we embrace one another. As Christ-followers our intention is to continually trade in our foolish preoccupation with the "high-tech" world of stuff for something more substantive and lasting. . . the "high-touch" world of Jesus.


A simple garage sale helped us to reorient this dimension of our lives this week.

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