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Spur one another on
What is the purpose of a spur? It gives the horse a poke in the side as an encouragement to get on with what it should be doing.
When we are in community, we rejoice in our shared interests, and enjoy spending time together. However, it’s not all about the fun times...
We are called to spur one another on toward love and good deeds, but what does it look like to spur on a sister in Christ? What words and actions serve as a gentle, loving spur? Are there spurs that have more of a negative than positive effect?
Welcome home, or not
For those who may remember me posting this before, please forgive me, but it expresses very well the feelings I have struggled with this past weekend.
As a part of the community of former missionaries, I would like to give them a shout-out today to the tune of “This World is Not My Home.”
One of the comments that most made my cringe would I would return for furlough and fund-raising was “Welcome home.” I understand and appreciate the sentiment behind it, but I was not “home.” Home had taken on a quite different meaning in the context of a different culture and language.
