Can I Get An Amen

In my part of the world spring has temporarily sprung.  Now, I live in the midwest, where we notoriously experience false springs and second and third and fourth winters, and then head straight into horribly hot summer.  It's weird weather in these parts to be sure, but you'll notice a common theme with this post from 2014 - around the end of February, we often experience a much needed moment or two of beautiful spring!

This year more than ever, we've been cooped up over the winter months, staying safely at home to prevent the spread of COVID, but becoming increasingly bored and antsy as the days drag on.  So whether this spring-like weather is here to stay or only teasing us, it's a welcome reprieve to be able to head outdoors without a coat on and feel the tiniest bit of warmth on our faces.

Is it odd to say this time of year feels like church to me?  To be able to see the world coming back to life, people emerging from their home-cocoons, plants showing their heads again through patches of melted snow, fresh air coming in through an open window - my spirit changes, my soul starts to refill.

Church can be anywhere.  As Paul says in the midst of the passage of Acts which the God Remix blog in its entirety is inspired by:

"The God who made the world and everything in it, being Lord of heaven and earth, does not live in temples made by hands [...] he is actually not far from each one of us." - Acts 17:24, 27

Find those moments and places that feel like church to you.  Whether you attend a physical church or not, those church-like moments in your spirit and soul are important.  We need to be filled, to be lifted, to sense that breath of peace and freedom that certain environments seem to imbue in the air around us.  This is finding God.  He is actually not far from each one of us.