We've had some great Sundays, but it would be hard to top the Easter service we just experienced. The incredible video "That's My King", the moving cardboard testimonies, the elegantly beautiful "Agnus Dei". Wow! Just the whole energy and singing and feel of the crowd was something I wished I could wrap up in a box to bring out whenever needed. I was almost moved to tears when I saw the excitement of teens when they heard we were going to sing "This is How We Overcome". How God must smile when he sees happy people in his courts of praise. I often wondered, as a child, at the deception and outright lies (if body language can "lie") of those who used to mumble through the songs "We Praise Thee O God" and "O How I Love Jesus" when it was evident by their mannerisms that those words were not representative of where their sour hearts were. Thank God we have moved beyond thinking that joy and expressiveness and smiles are for only events outside the church building.
I also, once again, want to thank and admire the elders' courage and effort and humble hearts as they lead our Sunday night studies. So many Churches of Christ do not have the "guts" to even bring up such questions, but our leadership has risen to the occassion and has done so gallantly. Our church family will be smarter and stronger and spiritually closer because of these times studying the scriptures together. [I'm pretty sure that God can handle all our questions as well, and does not fear them at all.] :)
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
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