Unity

What an amazing day I've had today, I managed to get to church twice and I can't begin to explain what a difference it makes to be in the company of the lovely people who share in the love of God.

Our speaker today was Steve, he is a pastor in a church in Cambridge called C3, he originates from the Wirral and before he moved to Cambridge he was the pastor at our church. I'd never met him but I had heard about him from people who were members when he was there. I love to hear the different messages from speakers who come to our church, they all have their own way of bringing the word to us and it's interesting to see their own personality shine through the gospel. The messages never change, they stay the same, because God never changes, He is the same today as He was yesterday and will be tomorrow.

Steve talked about how our walk with God will not be an easy ride, we'll face many challenges to our faith on the way and at times we will feel as though the grace has been taken from under our feet, we will flounder at these times and it would be so easy to say 'it's not working for me, I'm out of here'. We have all been there and will be again but the difference is, if you have a community around you who have a relationship with God, they will sustain you in times of need because they, like you, are Blessed with the special gift that is to love. To love one another is second only to loving God and it is the most liberating feeling you could ever imagine. How great it is to be able to feel love naturally, without effort, without thinking, without embarrassment. That is what makes the meetings so special, you give love and receive love freely, how much better would our world be if we spent more time giving grace instead of grief.

I have struggled with where I am in life recently, it's been very hard physically and mentally to keep up with study and placement and I have wanted to throw in the towel and run away, but each time I've got close to doing that something has happened to keep me there. It's not an easy ride but unity within fellowship gives you the upper hand from God that defeats the efforts of the enemy who would quite like you to quit.