I love how Paul says in Colossians 3:17, “Whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.” Whatever you do. It may be hard. It may difficult. There may be suffering, or heartache, or loss, or brokenness involved. But the fact remains, (cue the cliché) God called you to it and He’ll see you through it.

I wonder if in this transient day and age—where at the touch of our fingertips, we can realistically uproot ourselves in a place one day and end up on the other side of the planet the next—if we’re missing out on the best of what the Church has to offer…

Jesus’s vision for the Church is that of a family. He calls the Church, “the bride of Christ.” He claims himself as the groom. Jesus says that whoever does the will of God is his brother and sister and mother. All throughout the New Testament, the apostles greet one another as, “brothers and sisters in Christ.” We call God what? God the Father! So, just to reiterate, Jesus is not anti-family. But he is anti-partial allegiance. He’s anti-“luke-warmness,” as he calls it.