Thankful for house church

Several months ago our family embarked on a new journey. We left the traditional, big building, mega church that we were attending and started having church at home. There was nothing specific that made us leave. It was a decision that was a long time coming mainly due to the way my husband and I had started thinking about faith and life and how faith plays out in life. We needed to simplify. We needed to be the ones responsible for exactly what our children were being taught. We needed close, intimate, personal community. We wanted to do kingdom work, not hear about kingdom work.

The past several months have been both rewarding and depleting. There have been great discussions fostered between us and our children. There have also been months of little to no interaction with other families that left us with a desert wandering kind of feeling. There have been times of great conviction and times of doubt and questioning. It's a slow growing process.

The last several weeks have brought us together with a two other families. And it's possible that others may attend. It will take time for that close community to foster but I think we're at a good starting point. Little by little we've worked out of the "talking about it" phase and into the "living it" phase.

There are still things that I'd like to see happen. Though, I'm quite sure that God is telling me that I need to be the one to get them started. It was hard enough to answer the call of stepping away from the church family we had been apart of for thirteen years. But that's just how God is, He won't leave us in one place to get comfortable for too long.

I'm thankful for the good work that has been started. For the people that have joined with us, for their hearts and their friendship. I'm thankful for the people that God will lead to us. I'm thankful for what God is doing in my life and in my family.