A New Day
Let me start with I m not a hugely religious person. I am a Christian I have been baptised and I feel there is an importance in attending church to further the understanding of your personal beliefs. However for the last year I have been spiritually stagnant. I no longer felt the compulsion to pray, to study the bible, to attend chruch, or to even be in the presence of other believers. My thirst for God disappeared. You hear of people who are on fire for Jesus. I wasn't even luke warm for Jesus I was stone cold.
Sunday I returned to a church the was the light at the end of the tunnel for me during a very hard spot in my adolescent years. A place where I had friends and people remembered me. I was greeted with hugs and we are glad to see you agains. In the midst of the service while singing the song Sanctuary I began to feel that familiar stir in my heart. The whisper of welcome and the joy of return. My spirit was renewed. I prayed for the first real time in a year. And I swear I could hear the words welcome home in my head.
I had spent the last year in search of a church that was all I wanted it to be. A church that has programs for married couples for families and activities for the children. I visited many churches in my area and none felt right. I wasn't feeding my spirit I wasn't growing in my faith I was simply standing still. And then I went home.
Sunday I returned to a church the was the light at the end of the tunnel for me during a very hard spot in my adolescent years. A place where I had friends and people remembered me. I was greeted with hugs and we are glad to see you agains. In the midst of the service while singing the song Sanctuary I began to feel that familiar stir in my heart. The whisper of welcome and the joy of return. My spirit was renewed. I prayed for the first real time in a year. And I swear I could hear the words welcome home in my head.
I had spent the last year in search of a church that was all I wanted it to be. A church that has programs for married couples for families and activities for the children. I visited many churches in my area and none felt right. I wasn't feeding my spirit I wasn't growing in my faith I was simply standing still. And then I went home.