My uncle and I discussed the realness of people at his home church (the one I've been attending lately). wochurch.org When I say Realness I mean reality, genuine authenticity, and sincerity, such as when I stumbled across this blog noefool.com and found the thoughts on a sermon re: authenticity. I have found such "Real" people through my company Reliv, and in certain churches or through friends and family, but sadly, these REAL people are becoming few and far between, harder to find. It's so cool the way these people (at my uncle's church) worship - real, unashamed, unabashed, but not necessarily "holy rollers" or showy craziness either. And everywhere you go in that church I find true joy in their lives and on their faces. It's not a masked brief smile or a quick "how are you" it's a meaningful contented peace, a true and lasting joy. My uncle and I realized it's because they have seen grace, they actually KNOW and realize what they're saved FROM, and so therefore they are real and they aren't judging you/us. Course we all judge and I will find people like that anywhere too, but I just wanted you to know the difference. Now I've seen what I've been saved from, where I come from and the grace that's available. That is what's so amazing about grace.
The cross is big enough, folks. That's what astounds me. I pray that I can be real, full of joy and hope, during dark times, during the Christmas season, or any time. So I can share with others (in the Congo too) what He's done for me.
"Be ashamed to die until you have scored a victory for mankind." Dr. TP Kalogris
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