This is the smaller group of the intensely committed.
This is an evening meeting so we begin with the meal and the taking of the Lord's Supper. That is always a time of intimate fellowship in which the participants share the triumphs and struggles of their walk with Him. It is also flavored with reflection on His death on the cross. Last night, we did that by reflecting on Jesus telling the disciples that He had "eagerly desired" to share the Passover with them before He suffered.
Intense moments.
The last part of the evening consisted of reflection on being a lukewarm Christian. One of us insisted that she is and we spent more time than the length of a typical sermon exploring her conviction.
Interestingly, later on, this same woman told the story of being in a local restaurant and one of the patrons coming to her table to ask her to pray over her party's meal.
Talk about the priesthood of all believers!!!
As usual, we were provoked to love and good works--or, I, at least, was.n
The plan for next week is to go together to a nursing home to check in on one of our "least of these."
Oh. One final note: We also discussed opening the gathering to others. That went well.
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