How is God being honored?
Our Executive Team had a meeting this morning and during our discussion our Senior Pastor, Mike Ramsdell, posed some questions to help us evaluate where we are right now as a church. One stuck out to me in particular.
How is God being honored in our church?
My comment was that I answer that question a bit differently than I might have a few years ago. My mind was immediately drawn to individuals who have shared with me how this church is blessing their life and directing them in their journey of faith.
Two weeks ago in my message, I shared one of those moments.
Several weeks ago I got an email from a mom in our church. She wanted to tell me about what her 6 year old had done in response to one of our recent message series where we looked at the Lord’s Prayer. Here is what she said…
My youngest daughter has been diligently trying for weeks to learn the Lord’s Prayer. Well, she finally got it…all by herself at the end of last week. At bedtime, she said the whole thing perfectly without any help from me and boy you would’ve thought she won the lottery…or the Cowboys won the Superbowl…lots of whooping and hollering and victory dances. Too cute, and made me so proud.
So then Sunday at The Well when the service started, she starts nudging me and whispering in her stage-like 6-year-old whisper, “Mommy, The Lord’s Prayer?” “Mommy, The Lord’s Prayer?” “In a minute. In a minute,” I whisper back. I bet she did that a dozen times before it was time to say The Lord’s Prayer. Then, she was absolutely beaming that she’d been able to say it out loud correctly with the Congregation for the first time.
I can’t think of a better illustration for how God is being honored by our church!
This is my grand daughter you are speaking of…She is heaven sent and her beautiful, innocent faith is a joy for all of us who are around her. Thank you so very much for your teachings and your wonderful church.