Weekend Reflecting Truths
Ok, so I am sitting here at my desk, catching up on phone calls and emails from last week (I was out all of last week. You can read here and here). Anyway, I have a meeting in about 20 minutes, so I thought I would jot down a few reflections from this weekend.
We hosted a shower for Andrew and Kristen this weekend. First, I want to say thank you to David and Amanda Marsden and Rachel and Allen Whittaker for their amazing help in co-hosting this event. I think we had a good shower and Andrew and Kristen were happy. However, I was thinking about the work that went into it. We redid our mulch last week, refinished our coffee table, hardcore vacuumed and cleaned every crevice in the kitchen. It was a lot of work and it wore me out. However, Andrew and Kristen are two of the most important people in our lives. We wanted to give them our best and let them know we love them. Thus, I didn’t mind the work. Think about God for a moment. How often do we complain about going to church and not give our best? How often do we complain about giving money, and it isn’t even all we can spare? How often do we neglect to help someone in need? I love Andrew and Kristen, but I love God a lot more. So, shouldn’t the truth be that we WANT to give God our best because of our love and appreciation? And, should we complain about it or rejoice in it?
Sunday was a fun day. First of all, Davis announced that on May 18th there will be an information meeting about Connection Church . If you are a member of Lawrenceville and want to know more about the new church (maybe you know someone in the Suwanee area that isn’t attending church, maybe you live in the Suwanee area and feel God calling you to this new ministry, wink wink), please come to room 138 after the 11 am worship service. Coming doesn’t bind you to anything, so please consider coming by.
Sunday I attended three worship services. Two here at Lawrenceville, one at another church in the community. The only comment I want to make is that I get chocked up every time I see a youth or adult baptized. The truth is that it is a powerful thing and I think the church should go absolutely nuts when that happens.
I had a great experience Sunday night. However, I am getting wordy, so I will save that for later. Hope you all had a great weekend. What did you do?
