How to Fix My Messed-Up Church

Sometimes I see my home congregation as upside down and blurry.

upside down image of Hopewell Mennonite Church

Come to think of it, since I am part of the church…

Maybe I see it that way because I am unstable and teary.

Whatever the case, I wish it were right side up, crispy, clean, shiny.

hopewell, right side up

How do you suppose God sees my church?

  • God sees it, redeemed.
  • God sees it, washed by His Word.

I want to learn to see my church — my fellow members and me — through the prism of God’s Word.

“That he might sanctify and cleanse it
with the washing of water by the word,
That he might present it to himself a glorious church,
not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing;
but that it should be holy and without blemish”

(Ephesians 5:26, 27).

I want to see what my church is in God’s eyes — made clean, holy, and glorious!

If I can learn to see it that way, then I will be able to see it this way…

hopewell, washed

Wow!

I want His Word to make us right side up, crispy, clean, and glorious!

Click the last image for the fuller, bigger image with proper photo credit to my son Andy.

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