This statement really hit home hard to me today. I look forward to Sunday . I relish it and long for it. Having been away from Church for about 10 years , now it is a sweet time of refreshment. Its an hour plus of worship , where the troubles,struggles and anxiety of the week are shed . In the midst of other believers , singing hymns,hearing the word preached and talking with other brother and sisters , it is a little taste of heaven .When we gather together , we enter into the presence of God .
Do we weep when its over ? Do we long for that the day we will not break and re-enter the world that is long in tooth and against our Lord. Do we cry with the saints , how long oh Lord will you tarry? I don't think there is anything wrong longing for that day. But till then , may we live in this world as strangers and aliens. We are indeed pilgrims in a hostile world but we do not do so alone . The Lord is with us .
Verse Of The Day : [28] Pay careful attention to yourselves and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to care for the church of God, which he obtained with his own blood.
(Acts 20:28 ESV)
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Been a little closer to the presence of God than that. After my cancer surgery, I was quite surprised to wake up still here. I spent a lot of the next 2 weeks alone in a hospital bed. Not that you guys didn't visit but a lot of people forget there's 24 hours, in a day, and your sleep cycle is completely messed up. The first few days, unable to speak or get out of bed, I have never been closer to God than then.
I look forward to Sundays, as well. It is the same sweet moment, except that I am surrounded by other saints. It is a bigger joy for me, when I am able to go, because my seizures don't always let me out of the house. It is something I no longer take for granted. I am so glad that you don't, either. Love you, Mrs Reg
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