There’s no one here.

Each week, we meet, drink coffee, share our personal news, and read the scriptures. Together, we share a psalm.

It’s always a blessed time, and we have grown together. It feels sometimes like a through station rather than a terminus, but that’s OK; people come and go and experience seasons of needing to rest and be alone or be with family. Some find love, and we no longer fit, or move away so cant be here.

‭Philippians‬ ‭2:12‬ ‭NRSV‬
Therefore, my beloved, just as you have always obeyed me, not only in my presence, but much more now in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling;

https://bible.com/bible/2016/php.2.12.NRSV

We have our rule, as it were, and trust each carries that into their daily life. All is Grace, and the indwelling and forming she does is the true work.

Our reading from the Old Testament this morning concluded:

‭Ezekiel‬ ‭18:31‭-‬32‬ ‭NRSV‬
Cast away from you all the transgressions that you have committed against me, and get yourselves a new heart and a new spirit! Why will you die, O house of Israel? For I have no pleasure in the death of anyone, says the Lord God. Turn, then, and live. https://bible.com/bible/2016/ezk.18.31.NRSV

We’re not talking, having an easy time and avoiding issues. In fact, we have become the issue that needs discussing…

So then, how can we make this a place where others can know the freedom of this scripture and live?