Two Chairs.

Community has been a big buzz word around our house for the past few months. Ryan has been enthralled with living our lives missionally right where we are. Engaging our neighbors. Committing to our church. Intentionally loving others as Jesus loves us.  He has been super inspired by Soma Communities.  At first I thought this was some weird compound living, hippy lifestyle thing, but it isn't. Check out their video.

 

So anyway. Back to our situation. We are starting small. We are just trying to be more intentional about talking to people. On Valentine's Day, Ryan bought us two chairs to put in our front yard. We choose to sit out there in the evenings so we can run into our neighbors more frequently.

 

I have been trying to open my home frequently to others. I have been putting my comfort level aside and saying YES to social opportunities with people I am not super close with. These are not mind blowing things. We do not go above and beyond. We are starting small. We haven't seen any insane things happen due to these things, but I believe this is the way we should be living. Missionally. Right here in our home.

I want to live out this verse...

"All the believers were together and had everything in common. They sold property and possessions to give to anyone who had need. Every day they continued to meet together in the temple courts. They broke bread in their homes and ate together with glad and sincere hearts, praising God and enjoying the favor of all the people. And the Lord added to their number daily those who were being saved." Acts 2:44-47