For several years in a row now Beckie and I have taken a week's vacation to the same place, White Tail Crossing Resort on Lake Shelbyville. Once in a while people will ask us about where we went or why we keep going back, as we will again this August. A few listen intently, thinking maybe they would like this place as well. But most have a hard time grasping the joy we find there simply because, "You have to be there and experience it for yourselves". I hope others of you have places like this that draw you back year after year, places others my not understand why, but you do!
Worship is like that! We gather every Sunday throughout the year, week after week in the same place. The bulletin's look the same, but each Sunday is always different in some way. We never really know how the Holy Spirit is going to move. Trying to explain this glorious event to those who have never been or go just every once in a while is like trying to tell them about your vacation experience! You have to have been there to experience it! The majesty of God, the cries of a baby, the words of an old familiar hymn, smiles as a Mom tells of her child's accomplishments, tears as pray over a difficult situation and the list goes on and on. I can try and tell you all about what each Sunday means to me, but you cannot see it thru my eyes or my heart.
So we gather Sunday after Sunday, to see what new thing God will do next and to encounter the ritual that takes place week after to week, that we all need in the aftermath of Chaotic week's.
So this Summer, enjoy and find peace in that place you call your home away from home, but more importantly make time to find Christ week after week as you worship in the Church of your choice!
Love ya' Pastor Rick Koch
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