Reaching Forward

I listened to a couple of sermons recently that dealt with the idea of the Kingdom of God.  I don't think I will ever be the same.  The thrust of the sermons was seeing the Kingdom, living in that reality, describing the Kingdom to those who can't see it or haven't yet seen it, and bringing that reality into this reality, or more specifically, their reality.  The one deal that I can't seem to get over is the idea of reaching forward into eternity and taking all of the qualities that we think we will possess there and pulling those qualities into this world.  This can't be done in the flesh.  This is completely a work of the Spirit.  So now, I am impatient.  

The thoughts that have been bugging me this morning are those dealing with bringing this kind of thinking and living into community.  What if there was a church that had a clear vision of the Kingdom and proclaimed that to the people around them and spent themselves and sacrificed everything that is valuable in this world to bring that reality here?

A New Effort

I have recently been encouraged, challenged and enlightened by my friends blogging so, here I go, starting my own blog.  I find that occasionally, I have thoughts that just seem to keep rolling around in my head and don't leave me alone until I get them out into the open.  I tend to think a lot about the Church, worship, and music, and occasionally something useful.  So I guess what I'm saying is that those thoughts will find their way here...