The Bride Is Still Beautiful

I’m around church people quite a bit.

And for the last five years, I’ve been around church people a REALLY, REALLY LOT. I mean, at one point, I lived in an exclusively Christian neighborhood (the seminary campus), worked in a Christian instititution (said seminary), and when my wife and I left all that on Sunday … we went to another Christian gathering — the Church.

I’ll admit the last five years have been an incredible blessing …  although sometimes I’ve gotten deeply frustrated and needed the “fresh air” of being outside of the “Christian bubble.”

Anyway … I’m rambling all this to say that in the last two weeks I’ve felt the warm love of the Bride. I’ve been reminded again of the sweet love and care we receive as a part of the Body of Christ.

[Get to the point, Cory]

OK … in the last two weeks, my wife and I bought and moved into a new home … and my grandfather passed away.

1. The house … every single person who helped us moved (including our realtor who is a deacon) was a member of our church. I can’t go into all the details, but let’s just say we were so blessed to have so much help from our college ministry (where we serve) and Sunday School class. One couple has moved us twice now … and stayed behind after the move to help us put together our bed and other things.
2. My grandfather … it was merely mentioned in our Wednesday prayer guide that my grandfather (Clyde R. Miller) had passed away and included my name. It was a two-sentence paragraph. Now, I know … I’m on staff and most people know who I am at my church. But I’ve been, again, so incredibly blessed by those who I know who have come up to me offering their condolences. Yesterday, I even received a card from one of our members. (All of these people I’m mentioning here are those who are not what I would call “close” friends in the sense that we do much together. In other words, we see each other on Wednesdays and Sundays.)

… this is the Bride … in her beautiful glory … it’s merely an extension of the love, grace and care of our Lord.

The Bride is still Beautiful! 

But the Glory is the Lord’s! 

May 15, 2007 · Filed Under Church Marketing

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