The Real Issue

Jack Miller on the real issue underneath the issues:

After our congregational meeting I was momentarily discouraged. I guess I came away concluding that many times the biggest issue is not the issues being discussed but the way we handle the issues and show concern for one another. It appears to me that is where the Head of the church has His concerns. So I resolved for myself to do more standing back, and then I asked God for grace not to take myself and the issues too seriously. I think sometimes after a few weeks we even have trouble remembering what the excitement was all about, so why get overly involved at the moment? (p.177)