Traveling Together
We are writing to member care workers and all those with member care responsibility within international mission/aid who identify with the historic Christian faith. We write to encourage us all to stay the course in our service to God and humans and to take full advantage of the many opportunities to provide and develop member care. We write fully aware of the problems that can discredit, divide, and disable the church-mission community (CMC) and all of our member care efforts. We write with a commitment to the love that is necessary to resolve these problems and to promote health within the CMC.
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I want you to get out there and walk—better yet, run!—on the road God called you to travel. You were all called to travel on the same road and in the same direction, so stay together, both outwardly and inwardly.God wants us to grow up, to know the whole truth and tell it in love—like Christ in everything. We take our lead from Christ, who is the source of everything we do. He keeps us in step with each other. His very breath and blood flow through us, nourishing us so that we will grow up healthy in God, robust in love. What this adds up to, then, is this: no more lies, no more pretense. Tell your neighbor the truth. In Christ's body we're all connected to each other.
Ephesians 4, The Message
Ephesians 4, The Message
Kelly and Michèle
List a couple applications of what it means to "travel together in truth and love" in member care or any other setting for you. What helps or hinders this type of committed lifestyle? What is the cost?
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