Trees

This week in Sunday School we had 3 regulars and a new couple in our class.  We enjoyed to ideas they brought to the class and the discussion they engaged in.

This weeks DVD was called "Trees."  It talked about the tree in the Garden of Eden and then the tree from Revelation that will be in heaven.  Rob Bell said, "We live between two trees."  But the point was about how we live.  If all we are doing is waiting for a new life and all the good things we will experience in heaven, if our main goal is taking everyone we can with us to this new and wonderful place (worthy goal though it is), then we have put aside the wonder of living the abundant life now.  Too many people become Christians and act like the event of their salvation is the end when it is only the beginning.  It is the beginning of a journey the goal of which is to bring God's love for everyone and everything to life.  It is to live out "Love your neighbor as you love yourself."  And in doing so we bring abundant life to those around us and attract them to the God who loves them beyond their imagination.