hungry?

As many of you know, I am now living in a house owned by the Wesley Foundation. I do have a title as a peer minister, but it would be hard for me to not be involved in the ministry that goes on in the house. Our ministry is called Crossroads and we are a small group, mostly prodestants, who are just getting started as a newer group.

We serve a meal a week and so this Tuesday was our first. We were so excited, cooking, preparing, making flyers and a big posterboard, it was great. Granted we only had a few people those people are coming back (if anything for the excellent Methodist food!). And as I've been thinking about all this and talking about it the thing that kept coming out of my mouth when talking to people was "come for lunch". And i've begun to wonder what i want to attract people to our house. I mean food is great and a great way to bring in college students. . . but isn't sharing faith more important?

One of the things we offer is a weekly online bible study. Going with the theme of food, i thought it would be great to throw light on the idea of feeding the spirit. We all know how important it is to feed our bodies. When we don't, we get sick, we don't have enough energy, sometimes to the point where people faint. Our spirits are the same way. We all have a hunger inside of us for more. For truth. Many times i know i have fed that hunger with quick fixes. Throwing things at my spirit that don't really satisfy it. Kinda like junk food. It does the trick for a very small time, but eventually just makes you more hungry.

Without knowing it we hunger for God. Many times we find ways to supress this hunger, but it's still there. We long to be "complete", little do we know that there is nothing but daily time with God that can really "hit the spot". Sometimes we get a great feast at a weekend retreat, or a week at camp, even sunday church services. We leave feeling God's presence and our spirit feels good. However one meal, even a great feast doesn't last forever. We need to feed our spiritual self daily just as we feed our physical selves.

I know that i struggle with finding time each day and i have covered that in some of my other posts, but i again encourage you to find an accountability partner and work together. We are all a family in Christ, here to love and support each other.

I had a hard time finding verses that fit exactly what I was looking for, but here are two good ones. God Bless!

Exodus 16:4 (The Message)
God said to Moses, "I'm going to rain bread down from the skies for you. The people will go out and gather each day's ration. I'm going to test them to see if they'll live according to my Teaching or not. On the sixth day, when they prepare what they have gathered, it will turn out to be twice as much as their daily ration."

2 Chronicles 13:10 (The Message)
"But for the rest of us in Judah, we're sticking with God. We have not traded him in for the latest model—we're keeping the tried-and-true priests of Aaron to lead us to God and the Levites to lead us in worship by sacrificing Whole-Burnt-Offerings and aromatic incense to God at the daily morning and evening prayers, setting out fresh holy bread on a clean table, and lighting the lamps on the golden Lampstand every night. We continue doing what God told us to in the way he told us to do it; but you have rid yourselves of him.

your sister in Christ,
Erin