Abiding
The past few months have been hard on some sectors of the economy, but a boon to others.
With social distancing and the cancellation of so many events, people have spent a fortune on home gyms, home offices, and subscriptions for all sorts of things that improve their life at home. Online grocery ordering app, Alibaba, was seeing 100,000 downloads each day, compared to 29,000 per day in 2019. Peloton - a company that builds high end spin bikes and provides in-home programming, grew by 178% this year.
Yet even with homes full of goods and more arriving on the porch every day, many are experiencing increased vacancy of the soul.
We find ourselves surrounded by stuff and empty on the inside. We are learning that life at home, even surrounded by the best we can afford, is not fulfilling. The arrival of the next package, the next online experience, the next piece of marketed self-care fails us.
We have enhanced our abode and failed to abide.
1 John describes a way of life where we abide, or are in alignment, with God and He, with His infinite power and wisdom, aligns with us. It is a source of strength that possessions cannot provide.
Join us LIVE, OUTDOORS and IN PERSON on Sunday the 27th of September as we worship together and hear a message of hope about abiding in Christ no matter what comes our way.
