i’ve been plugged into an urban church for almost a year now, and i love it. i love the passionate way the congregation worships, the unreserved love the elders pour out on young adults, the intimate women’s bible studies, and even the chaos that is children’s sunday school. and i’d say that i’m pretty involved in my church. although i should be a lot farther along at this point, i’m still slowly inching my way into this lovely circle. despite all this, there’s a void that i did not realize i felt until a couple of days ago, when keith and i finally caught each other on gchat. he asked a very distantly familiar question:
“how are you doing with God?”
it really shook me, because i realized that this is what i’m missing in my life with other christians. even old friends from case. we catch up on life, what we’re busy with, what our plans are… but when was the last time i slowed down to ask someone how they were doing with God…? it is such an integral part of our fellowship with each other, knowing how each other’s walks with God is at the moment, yet it’s so subtle that you almost don’t notice it when it slips away from your life… definitely convicted to seek out this aspect of fellowship both with my church and my believing friends..
