People Together

There’s a reason Christ’s first greatest commandment (Love God with your all) is quickly followed by his second (Love people with your all). Can we really love God without loving people?

You’ve heard it before – we were made for community, life is better together…

And it is so true! God was a relational God within His three-person self for eternity past and He stamped that on us as we bear His image. We need others. The God who said that it’s not good for man to be alone, two are better than one and a cord of three is not easily broken…is the God who brought Jew, Gentile, slave, free, male, and female together to be His one unified people.

He’s in the business of bringing people together and He works through our contact with others. That’s why I think He’s been so good at providing quality relationships in every season. It may take time when you find yourself bereft of what you knew – and it will never be the same, but He can be trusted that He knows best.

I’ve been so thankful for my developing connections with a diverse range of people. It has been especially good to be connecting a couple times a week with La Ruta, a place downtown that provides a hangout spot for college students. Here are some pictures.

Getting cookies in our mouths only using face muscles

(We won!)

Open Mic Night at Cosmopolitan Coffee Shop, a partnering ministry

I also had a blast spending time with Grace College people in Buenos Aires, Argentina! It was a great encouragement, lots of exercise walking all over the city and a cool opportunity to live a dream of successfully translating for people! I’m praying for continued growth so that I can continue to be a blessing to people in this way!