what does it mean to you?

what does the word church mean to you?

i was sitting in my church yesterday morning and i started thinking about that word.

sometimes i don't like that word because i feel like nowadays there is such a watered down version

when i think/hear of the word church i think of a lot of different things

i think of jesus

i think of my home church i grew up in

i think of home and of the sunday school leaders that loved me and helped grow me in my faith

i think of the world wide church

i think of my church now, pcc that is amazing and life giving

i think of church as a safe place

but as i sat there on sunday fully tuned into the Lord i realized that church is all those things

but

most importantly it is a place that helps me remember. remember that i am so loved

that i am never forgotten or left behind

i am a part of god's long arching story

and that

is

amazing