Tonight was a special night. My church held a Christmas Dinner / Praise Night which involved a Pot Bless Dinner (a.k.a. Pot Luck Dinner, only as Christians, we believe more in blessings than luck, hence Pot Bless), games, skits, carol singing and an exhortation. Though we have done similar things to this in the past, tonight, I dunno, it was different. It just felt as though we were like one big family.
After we had dinner, we had some games where some of the older adults joined in too. We shared a lot of fun and a lot more laughs. We were split into a few groups and we later had to perform a skit, based on the Bible, which had to include three random objects that we had chosen earlier - the catch was that we were not allowed to speak, but we could make sound effects. The stuff that people came up with in the 10 minutes provided, had the lot of us (older adults included) in hysterics.
Some of the young people prepared a skit (this time with slightly more prep time than 10 minutes!), which was done so very well - and again had a lot of us in stitches. God has given so many people in this church such great talent!
Earlier today, I was incredibly hesitant to go tonight because I had to chair the program and I just felt as though my heart wasn't in the right mood to do so. With all the church stuff that had been going on, I guess I had been feeling a bit overwhelmed about it all and felt too 'down' to be a cheerful chairperson. I reminded myself, that though these feelings were plaguing me, God is still on His throne, God still loves His bride the church, and God will always be there for us - even during trials.
In the end, I really do thank God for the opportunity to serve Him as a chairperson tonight. Standing at the front of the sanctuary and watching as everyone sang together in unity and in praise to our God, was an indescribable encouragement to me. God reminded me what a true blessing it is to serve Him.
Tonight, I really thank God for my church and how trials have helped to strengthen it more and more. Though many more trials seem to be on the horizon, I take comfort in the fact that God will never leave us or forsake us, and I thank God for the blessing of a spiritual family.
After we had dinner, we had some games where some of the older adults joined in too. We shared a lot of fun and a lot more laughs. We were split into a few groups and we later had to perform a skit, based on the Bible, which had to include three random objects that we had chosen earlier - the catch was that we were not allowed to speak, but we could make sound effects. The stuff that people came up with in the 10 minutes provided, had the lot of us (older adults included) in hysterics.
Some of the young people prepared a skit (this time with slightly more prep time than 10 minutes!), which was done so very well - and again had a lot of us in stitches. God has given so many people in this church such great talent!
Earlier today, I was incredibly hesitant to go tonight because I had to chair the program and I just felt as though my heart wasn't in the right mood to do so. With all the church stuff that had been going on, I guess I had been feeling a bit overwhelmed about it all and felt too 'down' to be a cheerful chairperson. I reminded myself, that though these feelings were plaguing me, God is still on His throne, God still loves His bride the church, and God will always be there for us - even during trials.
In the end, I really do thank God for the opportunity to serve Him as a chairperson tonight. Standing at the front of the sanctuary and watching as everyone sang together in unity and in praise to our God, was an indescribable encouragement to me. God reminded me what a true blessing it is to serve Him.
Tonight, I really thank God for my church and how trials have helped to strengthen it more and more. Though many more trials seem to be on the horizon, I take comfort in the fact that God will never leave us or forsake us, and I thank God for the blessing of a spiritual family.
2 comments:
i agree! it was the best Christmas Praise night i've ever had at our church!! the spirit of God really was at work :):)
Praise God. BPCWA - Emmanuel!
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