Hello and welcome to my blog, "Church with a camera".I live in a house with 20 other young men, women and families. No its not a B&B, young offenders centre or a detention centre. I live in a buzzing Christian community house at the heart of the Jesus Army New Creation Christian Community.
Recently we took a bunch of young lads out in to the hills. Malvern Hills a beautiful area between Gloucestershire and Wiltshire. So with the promises of sun and views of beautiful countryside, off we trecked - all 12 of us. And we were rewarded with stunning views across the hills and valleys best only described by taking you there.
Did I mention we were all friends and I like to think close friends too. This friendship was tested to the limit when we went to set up camp. The big dark clouds that began to form decided it was the time to open up. So its raining, we had no campsite, we were tired and it was getting dark. Just as tensions were reaching the limit "G" found a site and the rain stopped. GREAT- until we noticed the 20 man tent we brought had no poles. (My error) However what we thought was the "pole bag" in fact had a 10 man tent and the correct poles inside.So we cracked on with the fire to cook the food and began to reform the relationships we love. And that's what Christian community is all about- Loving being together even when everything is going wrong.
I can imagine that moment when you realised there were no poles and it was your fault. Bet you were glad of the love you guys have for each other, tis cool!
ReplyDeleteThis is a King Belly moment...total anarchy, sorted by God and everybody wins...EXCELLENT!
ReplyDeleteCool. I'm sure there are parallels that could be drawn when thinking about a tent in a bag with no poles but instead another pole bag that ends up being another tent in a bag with poles, presumably in their own pole bag. But I'm not sure I've got the brains to work out what the parallels would be... :-)
ReplyDeleteNice blog.
Brilliant Rich... We followed on a few months later :)
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