4.28.2008

moving...

i was reminded yesterday in church about the necessity to remember we are citizens in the kingdom of our God and Lord and Savior no matter were we end up.

it also reminded me that we maybe limited in conversations, ministry, sight and touch... but, as we leave A.V.  and especially VCC we are still "members" abroad.  

dave mentioned that a "colony" represented the roman empire, citizenship, and if anything bad happened, any emergencies were needed... you could call up rome and they would come to rescue.  

so as i stood at the back of VCC and wrote our a prayer request for the prayer team/email list...  i knew that no matter were we may be... we can always communicate back to our "rome"  for help... spiritual, emotional, and probably physically also in the coming months/years. 

not to the exclusion of other churches... but valley is a special church for us... and we hope that we are (were) special to valley also.  it's good to know that you have a spiritual kingdom to call upon... and it is good to know that part of this kingdom is a physical one that is symbolically "VCC" (valley christian church)... to us. 

so, it becomes important to us to cling to this relationship... i am sure that we will find a couple churches to "regularly attend"...  but i am not sure when the moment will come to transfer a real membership (commitment to serve and be around) to any churches....

seeing that our "roles" in the kingdom are a'changin...
i am glad we have a "name" and can represent  Jesus and also Valley wherever we find ourselves.

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yep.

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