The Growing Season

The peas I sowed with the grandsons are peeping through! It is the Growing Season!

But nothing is showing from the beans. I shall have to be patient.

The salad seeds, scattered around, shows signs of life, and the fruit bushes, planted in February, are looking healthy. 

So spring is springing, and there is plenty to do in the garden - because the weeds grow too!

We were looking at the growth of the first community of Christians yesterday. 

I was struck by Luke's comment.'And each day the Lord added to their fellowship those who were being saved.' (Acts 2.47)

This fellowship was marked by the way those involved were committed to knowing Jesus better. 'All the believers devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching, and to fellowship, and to sharing in meals (including the Lord’s Supper), and to prayer.' (Acts 2.42) When we learn more about Jesus, then we are in a position to know him better in our daily lives, Then we enjoy meeting other fellow believers, and find ourselves built up in worshipping together, and feeding together. 

This community took time to help one another. 'And all the believers met together in one place and shared everything they had. They sold their property and possessions and shared the money with those in need. They worshiped together at the Temple each day, met in homes for the Lord’s Supper, and shared their meals with great joy and generosity' (Acts 2.44-46)

This miraculous generosity, shown in costly commitment to one another, revealed that this community had been transformed by the generous love of God. And when people like us learn to allow God's sacrificing love to reshape our lives, then other people will want to discover the secret of the lives they see so wonderfully changed.

So we can all play our own part in the growing season in our own lives and the life of our local churches.

Best wishes,

Richard