“This church isn’t loving enough!”

A disciple's study

~ Don Merritt

Why do you suppose it is that some churches are considered to be “loving” while others aren’t? Maybe a better question would be, “Why is my local church more loving sometimes than it is other times?”

I remember one time several years ago when I received a phone call one Saturday evening from a very ticked off woman from church who spent at least 20 minutes yelling at me because someone else in our church had been rude to her: “What happened to the love in this church?” she demanded to know.

To tell you the truth, I wasn’t exactly feeling the love in that moment either. She abruptly ended the call by telling me that unless I did something pretty darn quick that she was leaving for good.

So often I hear things like this…

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PROVERBS 18: 22–PERSONALIZED

What a summary of two people growing together, fighting reconciling and helping each other. What a marriage is expected to be but what we do not ever get from the romantic coloured prism.

By the Mighty Mumford

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Find a wife who’s a good thing,

Pray together–angels sing…

Each having foibles

Sharing troubles,

Helps marriage through anything!

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She and I different are,

Like it or not, we spar…

Running sedition

O’er word definition,

Each must accept who we are.

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Believers but not the same,

‘Though both call on Jesus’ name…

We knew going in

We weren’t perfect then,

Both of us intend on staying!

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Not able to have kids,

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Secret hurt

Shared by pants and skirt,

Caring for each other we did.

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Many things have slipped away,

Some were never in play…

She sleeps better

When I’m with her,

In the same room is okay!

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I’m learning to accept help

Without that snarling yelp…

Sure isn’t easy

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I forget myself, I want you to remind me

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our origins

“City people. They may know how to street fight but they don't know how to wade through manure.” ― Melina Marchetta, On the Jellicoe Road “We get so used to the gregarious nature of our towns and villages that we forget how crowded our existence has become.” ― Fennel Hudson, Wild Carp - Fennel's Journal …