This past week has been rather exceptional to say the least. I have been jokingly telling my family and friends that I’m on a lucky streak. I’ve won a few small drawings and contests over the past week. And while that is all very exciting what really lifts my heart the most was something my oldest son said.
This weekend it’s just JJ and I. Shane is having an all-by-himself over night visit with Grandma and Jeff is working. So as we were coming home from bowling yesterday JJ and I were talking about some of the things that happened this week. I mentioned that I felt I must be sure to get to church today to give thanks for all of the good things that had happened to us this week. This is when I my heart was filled with joy. JJ’s response was, “I can come too, right? I want to go to church too!”
Over the last few months I had started going to a different church and while I felt that this was what I needed to do, I wasn’t completely sure. Not to mention that it would probably cause quite a stink with my parents & in-laws. Jeff knows where the kids and I have been going. He is fine with it, but does not come with us or go to any other church. I know at thirty-something I am an adult and shouldn’t worry so much about being scolded for making this decision but I do. That was until now. That fact that my child enthusiastically wants to go to church, to worship and learn about God, tells me that I must be doing the right thing.
That's awesome! There's nothing like watching your child growing in a relationship with God--best blessing ever! Who knows, maybe in time Jeff will follow?
ReplyDeleteI have a great testimony in that regard. Since Oct. 1997, when my eyes were opened to what an amazing God we serve, I found that after switching churches, I no longer thought of it as "my weekly obligation", but rather I enthusiastically looked forward to going and hearing the message that took me through my week. What a blessing it is to serve a living God and share fellowship with other Christians.
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