I am blessed to attend a church that has numerous services throughout the week. Three on Sunday, a lunch service on Tuesday, and Wednesday night service. The first few years of my attendance I went to every singles service that I could. For the most part I was single, which did me good. If I was in church I did not have much opportunity to get into trouble. I also was apart of a Sunday School class and for a while our church had a Saturday night service that I attended.
As is known to happen, life happens, events arise that change how you do things. My church attendance did not change really once I became married. For a while my husband and I did attend a different church that blessed our lives. I worked in the church bookstore and was spiritually uplifted by the Women's ministry there. But once we found out we were expecting our first child we had to do some soul searching about our future. And one thing we decided to do was find a church near the home we would buy. We found a house near the church he grew up in and I had been a member of shortly after I moved to the area.
We have been blessed by our attendance. The Lord revealed my ministry shortly before we delivered our daughter. We dedicated our daughter a little over a year ago to the Lord. In fact our Pastor who dedicated our daughter is the same man who baptized my husband when he accepted the Lord. Our past, our family and our future are intertwined with our church and faith.
I always loved Wednesday night service. I looked forward to it every week. It was a mid week refreshing that did my whole being good. Once we had our daughter though, things changed for me. I eventually returned to work, but with a different schedule than before. For the past year I worked a bit later than I would have liked so I was unable to attend my beloved midweek service. Oh, but God is good. I now work yet another schedule and now I can attend.
Tonight was my return. The first Wednesday night service of the new year. And it was just what I needed. A great message on running in the right direction for the Lord, inspiring songs of worship and fellowship with friends. I eagerly look forward to next week. Hearing The Word, praying with believers and being filled by the Holy Spirit. May my cup run over!
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