The People God Gives

You were all called to travel on the same road and in the same direction, so stay together, both outwardly and inwardly.

Ephesians 4:4, The Message


"Most disappointments in the church are because of failed expectations. We expect a disciplined army of committed men and women who courageously lay seige to the worldly powers; instead we find some people who are more concerned with getting rid of the crabgrass in their lawns. We expect a community of saints who are mature in the virtues of love and mercy, and find ourselves working on a church supper where there is more gossip than there are casseroles. ...

At such times it is more important to examine and change our expectations than to change the church, for the church is not what we organize but what God gives, not the people we want to be with but the people God gives us to be with."

Reversed Thunder


God's Message for Each Day by Eugene Peterson