What a Church is

A Church is a hospital for sinners...

I came across this today and am reminded how thankful I am to be in a community and church where sin is talked about and people are helped and loved so well. There is nothing that I treasure more than finding love from the One who never sees me as the vulgar sinner that I am. My prayer is that this remains my motivation to love as Jesus did, serve as Jesus did, and find freedom in the hope that He is using and working and blessing through even me. I want to see daily life as my sanctuary. I want to be in worship as I teach, as I plan and grade, as I live my life. It's not about Sunday. It's about forgiveness and love and hope and humility and freedom in Christ in the everyday. It's about struggling well and being noticeably different but still so imperfect. I can never measure up, and that is beautifully humbling. And, humility is where it starts.