Deep Concern for Love

I have been struck by two things at the GA committee meetings I attended today.  The first was how much the commissioners cared about the fact that all people are loved by God, no matter their race or background, and should be loved by and in the church.  One person even took that to the point of encouraging us to invite people into our lives and our churches, not simply letting them know that it would be OK if they showed up.  Invite folks!  The stress on the love of Christ for us kept coming up.  And it is related to the second thing that grabbed my attention.  Some of the issues the commissioners were considering involved spending denominational money.  Many people wanted to make sure that when we spend money, we are spending it in ways that show Christ's love.  These two things together made it a pretty amazing first day for me here at the meeting, and it made me feel good about who we are as Presbyterians:  we are people who want to show the world the love of God in Christ in who we are and in all that we do!