Missing...

One of the biggest things that Rob and I miss about living out where we used to live is the closeness of our friends/neighbors, in the context of our backyards! We were all so close. There weren't many weekends and even weekdays that we weren't sharing our home and meals with our friends. Either at our home or theirs, we had dinner together many times a week and just really knew one another because of the ongoing presence in each others lives. We miss that terribly! And since we've moved here just haven't been able to recreate that!

This evening we invited some friends from church over, which was out of the ordinary for us but I believe it is going to start being a regular occurrence.The Avery's came over tonight. We ate, hung out, and just got to know each other a little better. There is something about sharing a meal that really connects people. Jesus did it. Not only with His disciples but with people like Zacchaeus. In their day, sharing a meal meant accepting a friendship, and being willing to accept any shame that may come with those you are eating with. So Zacchaeus was hated and resented, so Christ sharing a meal with him would mean that they were friends but in the publics eye, some of that shame would be transferred onto Christ. The great thing is that He didn't care. He came to seek and save that which was lost!

Sharing meals together is something we should all be doing. Like I said, I believe that we are going to be doing it more often now. We definitely miss being that close to people!