Today I woke up early. I was ready to go to church. I couldn't wait to meet with my sisters as we gathered around God's Word. During our time together tears were shed over a prayer request by one of our members. As we gathered around her I was reminded how wonderful it is to have friends, sisters in Christ who will lift you up during the hard times.
After worship our pastor announced that he is retiring at the end of this year. Another hard thing. Questions were flying around our dinner table this afternoon as we talked about what may happen in the life of our church family. We have difficult days ahead. BUT, we also have a sovereign God who is more than able to bring us through this.
This week my mother had a fall and while in worship service she was having great difficulty sitting. My dh and I took her out to the car and I ran back in for the end of our worship service.
Once the service was over and I was getting in the car I began to feel my body going into a sort of shock. My blood sugar was falling. I checked it. Sure enough, it was 67 and continuing to fall. I had to get my mom home and me home before I began to have even more trouble.
As we were driving away from the church we came up on a car accident. I decided to make a detour and as I did I saw that someone had hit a biker (not motorcycle). Several people from the church had already stopped to help so we went on home.
Whew! What a morning. But, in between all the hard stuff...there was worship; true worship. I met with God this morning. I emptied myself before Him and gave Him a vessel to be filled completely by Himself.
I do not worry about the future...my God is in control.
