A few more reasons why I love my church...

Went to Home Group last night. They asked me to lead some worship for them before the discussion. We sang 'Open the Eyes of My Heart,' 'Indescribable,' and 'From the Inside Out.' Even though we were a small group, maybe 8-ish, everyone still worshiped with all their hearts, sang out loud, etc. And that's reason #1 for this blog...The people of my church are true worshipers. It's not a Sunday morning thing for them, whenever worship is happening, they are fully engaged. Awesome.

The other thing I love, which I also noticed from last night's meeting, was how everyone is genuinely committed and totally sold-out for Christ. I was so convicted last night by this older lady who shared about how she had hired a young man to work for her (I don't know what she does). She said that she got angry at him because he was texting the whole time, and not really working. She said that she got kind of short with him, and was mean, and sort of yelled at him. Here's what impressed me...This woman started crying. She talked about how the Holy Spirit had convicted her as she realized that she was not being Christ-like in front of this young man. She said she knew that he couldn't see Christ in her or in her attitude or actions, and it tore her up. So she called him and apologized...

This whole scenario last night showed me what it looks like to be totally sold-out, totally committed to holiness. This woman did something that probably most of us would do, and we would justify ourselves afterward. This woman had a very soft heart, and was troubled by even the slightest straying from the path of holiness. God, make me like that. Better yet, help me to imitate you, Lord.

Furthermore, everyone had incredible insight into the things we were discussing, everyone was engaged, everyone was participating, everyone had both Biblical knowledge to share, and personal experiences that added so much to the discussion. It's been a long time since I've been to a discussion-type meeting that was so edifying and uplifting.

I love my church...