I once was a pastor

I once was a pastor. Working my way up the ladder of success. Starting with children, then to assistant and in the end, Senior. I can't say I ever thought about the statistics. How long a pastor stays with one flock. On average of about 4 years. For some reason I thought I was different. For some reason I thought that people would not grow tired of my message. I thought that people would welcome me every week with open arms and you know, for the most part they did but I didn't. I grew tired of the same, every week. I grew tired of the message. I grew tired of the ME every week. I never did make it to senior. THAT'S OK.

I am not tired of living every day for Him. Living a freedom that I thought of but just didn't seem to get the hang of before. You could probably say that it was my fault but THAT'S OK.

verse of the day

The verse of the Day on Biblegateway is:
"Sanctify them by the Truth; Your word is Truth" John 17:17

Something Eve and I have been learning, especially as of late. What are our eyes seeing? What are we listening to?

On my way home the other day from the coffee house, when I usually just listen to the radio, I decided not to turn it on. I decided to just pray and meditate on the Lord. What a wonderful feeling. The last couple of days, instead of watching tv, Eve and I have been filling our evenings with praise and scripture. A Sharpening of our minds and of our spirits. It is all so wonderful.

Thank you Lord

Church at Home

Eve and I just worshiped the Lord in our home. We will be going over to worship the Lord at her brothers in a little while. I have been contemplating my view of the word 'church' lately and wondering how my view effects the way I live my christian life. In the word it says that we are the church. In the light of that "go to church", "had church" and "church building" just don't make any sense. Is it possible that I have been to caught up in the latter that it has kept me from being the former. I think I might try this, "be the church", "am the church" and "are the church" from now on. Till next time "be the church".