California Dreamin 7

My son has a new friend at school and on his baseball team. We all went to see the movie Pacifier last night and in talking with his mom, we talked about church. I invited her to our church this morning because she is new to the community. She was so grateful to be invited, and was there this morning. After the service she was asking questions, so confused about all the different churches and wondering why. Since the whole theme of the service was forgiveness this morning, we talked about how so many churches developed because of differences of opinion on various aspects of the faith. Whether it was how the church is run, or how we believe about baptism or communion, etc. Formal or informal worship, etc. She just wants to go to church somewhere where her children can have lots of opportunities for spiritual growth. That is what it is about. To love and worship God, to grow in faith, and to hopefully love each other in the process, no matter what our differences may be.

I was struck though at how easy it was to talk to her about faith, and how graciously she responded. And I wonder how many people are just waiting for an invitation.