OAK HILL CHURCH
  • Home
  • Get Connected
    • Adults >
      • Adult Sunday School
      • Women >
        • WITW Tuesday morning
        • WITW Wednesday
      • Men >
        • softball schedule
      • Primetimers >
        • PrimeTimers Photo Gallery
      • Small Groups
      • Overflowing Hope
    • Kids & Students >
      • Sunday School
      • Kidzone
      • LittleLites
      • Confirmation
      • Youth Group
    • Serving >
      • Caregiving Ministry
      • CM Volunteer Registration
      • Oak Hill Food Shelf
      • Welcome Ministry
      • A/V Team
      • Prime Timers Coordinator
  • About
    • Vision and Values
    • What to Expect
    • Staff
  • Calendar
  • Contact Us
    • Prayer
  • GIVING
  • Messages
    • Giving It Up
    • Epiphany: Jesus Revealed
    • Advent Attitudes
    • Archives >
      • Jesus' Way = Different!
      • July& August 2022
      • Standing on God's Promises
      • RUTH
      • 2022 messages
      • Songs of the Season
      • The Lord's Prayer
      • August messages
      • Get Smart
      • Living Hope
      • Come and See
      • The Story of Joseph
      • Pillars
      • Community | Study in Ephesians
    • Oak Hill Podcast

RESCUED INTO A FAMILY

5/30/2018

0 Comments

 
​            How would you describe your family? What words or phrases would you use to define those individuals that make up your family unit? Some of you might use words such as “loving,” “reliable,” “loyal,” “caring,” “close,” or “encouraging.” Others of you might choose words like “broken,” “dysfunctional,” “complex,” “untrustworthy,” “fractured,” or “hurting.” That’s the reality of family. One’s experiences may seem like an ocean away from what someone else might be taking in when it comes to how they view their family. Families are complex, families go through seasons of conflict or disjointedness, families are not perfect…even the most uplifting ones.
            I am very thankful that I was able to experience a family where my parents loved each other and loved their kids and sought to bring them up in a loving knowledge of the Lord. There were definitely times where I took what I had and have for granted. I would also be the first to admit that, even though my family was wonderful, and encouraging, and fun, we were not perfect. My parents had their moments of disagreement, my siblings and I would not always “play nice” together, there were times when we didn’t always see eye-to-eye with one another, there were times where our differences even amidst our unity rose to the forefront.
            But no matter what your family background or upbringing was or is like, the beautiful reality is that God always goes above and beyond our experiences. When it comes to His family, that’s where the comparisons stop dead in their tracks. The reality of God’s family meets each of us in our own situations and reminds us again of who we are and Whose we are. God has stepped in and claimed you and I as His…as His children. He invites you and I into His family and it has nothing to do with what we bring to the table or can offer Him. He does it out of a radical love and a scandalous mercy that defies understanding. While you may be a part of a family here on this Earth, God has adopted you into His family and that is to shape how you live, view, and interact with those around you.
            God’s way of showing up and revealing Himself and His gifts in our lives always come in spite of our attitudes, viewpoints, and circumstances. He fills in the gaps of what we need and promises that being a member of His family will never disappoint. In God’s family, He is our Protector, our Provider, our Father who loves nothing more than for His children to know that He loves them.
Being a member of God’s family brings unity, encouragement, shaping, and equipping that builds the Body of Christ up in a way that uplifts each of the other members, but also seeks to be a blessing to those not yet in that family. As the Church, we have a distinct and unique calling and opportunity as children of God: to love, serve, and encourage one another and to share those gifts to those we meet and know that need to feel the bond of true family that can only be found in Christ.
0 Comments



Leave a Reply.

    Author

    Pastor Ben Bigaouette
    ​Associate Pastor

    Picture

    Archives

    March 2020
    February 2020
    January 2020
    December 2019
    November 2019
    October 2019
    September 2019
    August 2019
    July 2019
    May 2019
    April 2019
    March 2019
    February 2019
    January 2019
    December 2018
    November 2018
    October 2018
    September 2018
    August 2018
    July 2018
    June 2018
    May 2018
    April 2018
    March 2018
    February 2018
    December 2017
    November 2017
    October 2017
    September 2017
    August 2017
    July 2017
    June 2017
    May 2017
    April 2017
    March 2017
    February 2017
    December 2016
    November 2016
    October 2016
    September 2016
    August 2016

Contact:


  • Address:  8901 France Ave S
    ​
    Bloomington, MN  55431
  • Phone Number: ​952.881.9486
  • The church office is open M-Thur from 9am-4pm. ​
  • For additional contact options please visit our contact us page.

Join us:

The Worship service is at 10:30am on Sunday mornings



​

our location: 
 90th & France | Bloomington, MN


Oak Hill Lutheran Brethren Church · Copyright © 2014 · All Rights Reserved 2014
  • Home
  • Get Connected
    • Adults >
      • Adult Sunday School
      • Women >
        • WITW Tuesday morning
        • WITW Wednesday
      • Men >
        • softball schedule
      • Primetimers >
        • PrimeTimers Photo Gallery
      • Small Groups
      • Overflowing Hope
    • Kids & Students >
      • Sunday School
      • Kidzone
      • LittleLites
      • Confirmation
      • Youth Group
    • Serving >
      • Caregiving Ministry
      • CM Volunteer Registration
      • Oak Hill Food Shelf
      • Welcome Ministry
      • A/V Team
      • Prime Timers Coordinator
  • About
    • Vision and Values
    • What to Expect
    • Staff
  • Calendar
  • Contact Us
    • Prayer
  • GIVING
  • Messages
    • Giving It Up
    • Epiphany: Jesus Revealed
    • Advent Attitudes
    • Archives >
      • Jesus' Way = Different!
      • July& August 2022
      • Standing on God's Promises
      • RUTH
      • 2022 messages
      • Songs of the Season
      • The Lord's Prayer
      • August messages
      • Get Smart
      • Living Hope
      • Come and See
      • The Story of Joseph
      • Pillars
      • Community | Study in Ephesians
    • Oak Hill Podcast