We live in the electronic world of auto-renewals. For this site, as an example, I just had to update the payment source. No big deal, we are all familiar with the process and this site will continue be around. But this got me to thinking, is our faith on auto renewal as well?
If we just keep tithing will the Church just keep renewing our membership? If we just keep going to church and saying our prayers will God “renew” our membership? Has our faith become so easy that we just expect it to automatically renew?
It is far to easy to take our faith for granted and expect it to just renew on its own. An entire denomination did this very thing, just kept auto-renewing and it led to the very painful process called disaffiliation. And I have watched good people get terribly hurt by the results.
Today was a “wake-up” call for me to get my account up to date. These days for that denomination are the wake up call to get things updated. The call to be awake, aware, and active. I have come to see and believe that these wake up calls are a necessary blessing.
Starting today The Messy Mystic is renewed. Perhaps today we should all update our information and be renewed. No, I don’t think the Sacred needs our updated credit card information. I do think she needs our updated faith and commitment to being who we are called to be in Christ. So what do you say? Will you renew your faith?
TMM