Recently I missed church service three weeks in a row. I had a cold and cough that did not want to let go. Finally, I was able to attend church on the first Sunday of November. What a delight!
The moment I stepped into the lobby of CFC Middleton, I felt like I had come home. I got to hug people I had not seen for a month. While I did not sing much during the worship service because I was afraid I would start a coughing spell, I did get to hear the praises of people around me. Then I received a good boost of encouragement in the preaching of God’s Word.
When I walked out the door, I felt refreshed and full of joy.
November is my month to do a deep dive of thanksgiving to the LORD for all those things He has bestowed upon me and upon all His children. Today I want to thank Him for my church family. My natural family is small, three children and their partners. Grandchildren. My brother. Other than that, I have little or no contact with natural family except an occasional FB post.
But my church family! God has brought me into fellowship with great and wonderful people. I have been abundantly blessed by them in the past and am being blessed by them in the present. I look at their faces on Sunday morning and my heart swells with joy.
“Let us be concerned about one another in order to promote love and good works, not staying away from our worship meetings, as some habitually do, but encouraging each other, and all the more as you see the day drawing near.” [Hebrews 10:24-25 HCSB]
Thank you, LORD, for my church family. Amen
