This past Sunday we had the IYC (International Youth Convention) band leading worship at our Saturday evening service, and our 11 a.m. Sunday service. They did an awesome job! I found myself very emotional during that worship experience. Sometimes those moments can catch you off guard. I just could not get control. I wept. I think that the week had just given us some pretty stressful things to deal with and Sunday was time to just let it out. Laying my week at His feet just seemed to be necessary. Over time we pick "stuff" up that we were never meant to carry in the first place. I mean, when life comes at us at a rapid pace, we forget to give it back to the Lord. We fail to take the opportunity to release and let God have control. I am pretty sure that is why we were meant for community. We were meant to meet together in worship. We were meant to be the church! I am not saying that we are only the church when we are together on Sunday mornings, because that could not be further from the truth. The church is at it's best when it is outside the walls of the church building! But, what I am saying is that meeting together on a regular basis allows us the opportunity to feel apart of something bigger than ourselves. Meeting together affords us the time and place to use our gifts and abilities to glorify the Lord God and benefit "the body"! On Sunday, the young people that made up the IYC band used the gifts God gave them, to usher me into worship. That is where my heavenly father and I met up and He took many things off my plate, renewed my fervor for Him, and reminded me that I am not alone! I hope that this holiday season you will find time to worship and allow Him to remind you of His constant presence in your life!
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Mon, December 7, 2009
by Crystal Colp