Moving

Yay! We finally moved buildings! Our church (Calvary Chapel Gilroy) just moved to a new building (370 Tompkins Court). I was at most of the work days and stuff to prepare the new building for us. While doing some touch-up painting in the sanctuary, a thought passed through my head. What makes a sanctuary any different form any other room? So, what does?

Does it need a stage? No. Does it need a chairs? No. Sanctuary comes from some roots and stuff pretty much meaning holy place. Holy Place. Okay, so is our sanctuary really a sanctuary? It isn't holy. It has its imperfections.

God makes a place a sanctuary. The only way the sanctuary is holy is if God is in it. So some clearing in a forest in the middle of nowhere could be a sanctuary if God is there.

We seem to put things out of perspective when we are decorating a sanctuary room. We treat it like it needs to be perfect-looking if people will worship correctly.

Moral of the post is to realize that any place where God dwells is a sanctuary, including our hearts, if we let him.