CARD-CARRYING MEMBERS
Today's reading: Ezra 1-5

"Three families of priests--Hobaiah, Hakkoz and Barzillai--also returned to Jerusalem. (This Barzillai had married a woman who was a descendant of Barzillai of Gilead, and he had taken her family name.) But they had lost their genealogical records, so they were not allowed to serve as priests." Ezra 2:61-62 NLT

Maybe your Grand-daddy's daddy served in your church.

Maybe your family was one of the founders of your local house of worship.

Maybe you've contributed to each and every building project since the turn of the century.

Maybe there's a wing of your church's complex named after you, or at least your family.

What if that were all erased, those records lost, those bits of history forgotten...

What if no one knew you, or about you, or which family you came from?

Would your life be sufficient proof of your relationship to God?

Would you be recognized as His, even if you'd lost your 'card'?