RELAY:3:DAY:5

So Here we are at the end of the relay conference and nearly (apart from another 3 weeks of students) the end of relay. It seems abit strange and for me anti climaxial on the 5th day of the conference. It will be sad to say goodbye to good friendships that build up but its also amazing to see how people havew grown over the year. Watching the 3 minute presentations over the week was amazing to see how everybody had gone through different things. Come good, some bad, some just plain ugly but at the end they all proclaimed how the Gospel was more true to them and they understood more of grace. Praise God for this as it shows again that this is what is needed! GRACE GRACE GRACE!!!

The Church that looks like Heaven (1 Corinthians 13)
Our last talk of the week went back to what we had missed out in chapter 13 looking at the "Love" passage. I have always loved this passage and said that i would probably have it at my wedding but after this talk it shone a new light on it. We can see first of all in the passage what the church shouldnt be to reflect heaven. So it is not the miraculous, knowledge or life living that distinguishes us as Christians. "Five gifts minus one love equals nothing". So what does love mean? Love is not a feeling but an attitude, Love puts up and endures all things. Paul is pointing out to them where they continually fall down not exactly what love is. So this is only a small picture of what love is not the definition. So why does love show heaven? in the ESV we see that it says "Love never ends". When heaven comes the church will be finished and we will know God perfectly. The spiritual gifts are a sign of our imperfection not our perfection. Love is the greatest gift which shows heaven. Because God is love we must grow up adn learn to love other christians.
We should know how hard this is in churches. When people dont really talk to us. When people ignore our ideas or throw them back in our faces. When we see gossiping or back biting. When we simply sit away from everyone else.
We need to show love above all things so that the church may be built up!

So there was the end of Relay 3 and almost the end of relay. Ill blog more generally about how ive found relay soon but Relay 3 was brilliant. Sitting having great conversations with people. Running around and getting exercise. Challenging talks and the presentations. GRACE GRACE GRACE. and so much more love.