I was on my way to walk into the ocean where the other youth were, when I saw that someone from our group had written JAG (our church name) in the sand. For some reason, this is what God used to show me that we are just a small part of a much bigger picture. Those letters that represented our church would be in the sand for a little while, and other people might see it, might even wonder about it and ask questions, but it would not be there forever. I'm sure it didn't even remain there for the rest of the day. And it wasn't nearly as big as the rest of the beach. There was so much more sand, and there was so much of the beach that our church name didn't cover. It wasn't even considerable when I looked at it in comparison to the rest of the beach and the seemingly unending ocean. But it was there.Our church, as just our own building and people in Meriden, Kansas, won't always be here. People might go to JAG for Christian fellowship and worship, we might have all kinds of ministries at our church, and people might notice us and be able to see a difference. But our church will not be here forever. And our church isn't nearly as big as the world. Compared to all the people around the world, it isn't even big enough to consider. But it's here.
And although we shouldn't be a big enough part of this world to even be thought about, we have something big enough to share and big enough to be heard by everyone on this earth: we have the love of Christ, the One who has saved us from the most certain death, and the One who will save us from any danger. Although our church will perish, THE church will never end. Although our groups and ministries will end, and although our work on this earth will be finished, we will not be simply depleted value. We will be the one true God's beloved children, who will be able to worship him forever and ever.
