Word a day (7): Isaiah 54:2

YOUR HOME... In the bible, the word home is used a fraction of the time in describing a dwelling place with walls a roof and a fireplace. I like to think of a house as a shell, the walls. A roof over your head. This house is important. What would a church be if they had no common place to fellowship. But I feel the "home" is the comfort that can be found within the walls. Another thing, a home is not confined to a shell. God wants us to bring that home-like feeling into the cities we live in. Our jobs, our family, and friends. That is why building relationships is the most effective way to bring out the Kingdom in this world. It is the words and actions of a friend that change someone's life, not a beaming in the back of the head by someone throwing judgment and accusations from people they don't even know. As followers of Christ, we are expected to be excepting and comforting, even if we don't understand. It was the example He gave us while here on earth. This is how we are to treat people. Treat them as if they were valued guests in your home, because that is who they actually are in God's eyes. We need to step back and look outside of ourselves, our own agenda's, our own ambitions. To welcome people into our home in the Father.