There is a first time for everything

Well I have vowed in the 8 plus years that I have been a lead pastor that I would never cancel worship. Well today was the first. The decision was actually made a little easier by the fact that we had a level 3 snow emergency until morning and also knowing there would be additional drifting and that the snow plows were not going to be running very much. I also felt better calling off church early Saturday evening rather than having to do it early Sunday morning. That way in the future no one will question whether or not we are going to have church when they wake up...hopefully.

It was difficult and awkward waking up and not being able to go to church this morning. I can't tell you that last time I missed worship on a Sunday including when on vacation. It has to be several years. Therefor this morning in our house it was Sunday morning and we were going to find a way to worship. So we sang some familiar songs as a family together. We talked about what God was doing in our lives. I read from the book of Matthew and Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane. We talked about what Jesus sacrifice meant for us and at the same time explained to Hailey my 7 year old how she could personally invite Jesus to be her Lord and Savior and she reminded us that she had done this. So we will be baptizing her very soon.

Let me ask you a question...does your desire to go to worship on Sunday morning burn in you so much that you couldn't think of missing it whether on vacation or not? Did you find a way to have personal worship or family worship this morning. I am sure it was so easy for us to kind of just go about our day like it was any other day. I do pray that some of us were able to spend some time reflecting on God's work. You never know what He is going to do or where He is going to do it. My families time this morning is evidence of that for me. However your day has been I pray that God has filled it with His presence in a way that you have not been able to ignore. Blessings, Your Dreaming Pastor