Outsider's Perspective

I went to C&C at Ebenezzar tonite. Man alive....it was exactly what i needed. i was kinda dreading going thinking i'd stay in and blame the cold. I'd been once before and it turned out to be the nite on marriage-no warning...*sigh*. I felt like i should go though, because i kept saying i'd go again, and well, after the last post on wanting to meet people i can't just sit at home waiting for people to come introduce themselves haha.
It was a smaller nite being term break, and we all went to MCC(heehee....i try a baptist C&C and end up at MCC heehee) for a tour, dainties, worship/testimony time and general chatty time. The whole evening was really encouraging. It's refreshing to go to a place where i knew a few people but was able to meet new people and have conversations with them instead of 'hi i'm so and so' and that's it. It made me stop to think though. When new people come to our church/C&C am i as friendly and caring about them as i was encouraged tonite. The answer is no. I've been sucking at that, and tonite i realized what an open community really looks like. I joke about being a snob, but i really have been to the people i don't know in my own church, and that's not right. *sigh* So...what now? I realize my character flaw and...i'm off to? I'm to love the new-sometimes strange seeming people as i love myself. Alright, it's going to take work, but i'll try. Keep me accountable.