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Building Together: Interior Decorating
October 26, 2008
Rev. Sue Yarber
A house is made a home when loving people gather and they bring expressions of God's love to life. Color, design, furnishings, and artwork all tell us about the person or people who own/s the house; these elements bring warmth, creativity and character to the home. When I think about my home, I want it to be welcoming and comfortable for guests. I want it to reflect who I am, my values, my tastes, and my character. My home is a place for me to extend hospitality to others. My fondest memories are long meals with friends gathered around one of our dining rooms tables; evenings that included laughter, games, fellowship and fabulous food. Hospitality feeds us spiritually as well as physically. It draws us in, invites us into relationship with one another and moves us to a new level of safety with each other.
We have laid a solid foundation with Christ as our cornerstone. We have built walls that separate us from the world so that we can experience renewal. We have put up a roof to protect us from the outside elements and given our highest praise to God. Now we can turn our attention to interior decorating. We can select the furnishings that will allow us to convey our unique character and our best self to the world. In my home it is the small details of color and shape that pull the individual rooms together. Each room in our place to call home will have its own distinct character and yet, there will be congruent themes running throughout the whole place.
The gospel of John states that "In my Heavenly Parent's house there are many rooms..." and so it will be with our new church facility. Not everyone will be drawn to the same room, we all have many gifts and they are different from one another. The spirit has gifted each one of us differently and so some will want to design the kitchen, and they will gather there to offer the hospitality of food. Others will have visions about the children's ministry or the choir room. I trust that God will bless us with lots of ideas and lots of creative energy. With God's love and guidance as our highest good, we cannot make a mistake in determining the form or function of the spaces we will call home.
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