There are some people that I have met at the Café, people that are unusual, and through time and through relationship they have joined our church. All along we may have had in the back of our mind, this person really needs to come to church, and now, finally, they are in. I have discovered that the reason they really need to come to church is not because 'they' need to come, but because 'we' REALLY need them! I am thinking of a few people who bring so much life and vitality, so much joy, honesty and humanity that without them we'd be so completely boring! They may have seemed weak and broken and we might think this relationship could be hard - no further from the truth! The hardest thing is finding in ourselves our own pathetic stigmas, prejudices and unfaithfulness. I was in ASDA the other day, some friends greeted me... from across about 6 aisles! I cannot tell you how welcome I feel and how loved! It is true that the weak things of this world are used by God in order to shame the strong.
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