Long week..long day. I got a lot of sleep last night but I'm really tired. Had a great day in church. I'm amazed at the people around me and how they give so much time to such a worthy place and for a worthy cause. I've never been to a church like mine; where the idea that everything is done for the sake of others.
We don't have a big fancy building with plasma screens or marble floors. We don't have tons of people walking in and out of our doors every Sunday morning. What we have is a beautiful but small place to worship with several people walking in and out those doors almost everyday of the week. We do for others, we give for others. I feel like one day…and one day soon I might add, we will be the big church on the hill but right now the quality surpasses the quantity greatly.
About a year ago I told myself I wasn't going to church anymore. What I probably meant to say was that I wasn't going to go to just any church anymore. I know God brought me there for a reason. I was in need of a home. I needed a place to go back to time and time again. Go back for nourishment and comfort; 2002 Mercer Avenue is where I found it. Today after all was said and done I just sat there. Sat in the pew and finished my lunch while the musicians practiced. It was as if I was sitting on the couch at my house. I suppose I was, just relaxing in my home away from home.
If you haven't, I encourage you to seek God in your own way and a home away from home for yourself. I don't know how I got along without mine for so long. A place to encourage and lift you up. A place that you are eager to get to, and where you don't want to leave. A place where you can lend a helping hand and be a blessing and encouragement for others.
I know that living for yourself and for the moment is easy and popular but just take a second and try living for someone else. You never know how it might make you feel…just sayin..
you write like your sister... beautifully.
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