Let me start by saying that no amount of beautiful words could begin to describe what God is doing right now in my life and the lives of those around me. Having said that, I am going to attempt to tell you what He is doing :)
For several months now, the church, and those within the church have been struggling in a severe kind of way. The devil has just really been attacking those in the church by afflicting their health, tearing apart families, breaking hearts, as well as attacking finances. It has been rough! In turn, the church has suffered. There have been several people who have left, people who are still in the church, but with dwindling faith, and people who are pushing through, but still hurting. Lets be real, I have been waiting and praying for a long tome for God to show up and fix things. In the past few days I've had it out with God, we have had some serious talks about what He is doing, because I have not been understanding at all.
Welllllll, today God showed up and showed out. I had a conversation with my cousin and she made a comment that it is truly amazing how things can change in one day. And that's exactly what happened. Its like everyone showed up to church today expecting something from God. And oh my goodness did He sweep through that place! The worship started this morning and the presence of God was so thick, a person could have cut it with a knife, it just sat on top of everyone. Even in the closing prayer this morning, it was like everyone knew it was not over, they were still expecting more from God. So tonight everyone came back... and brought more people. It was so awesome! Even more, we had a baptism tonight! Which is just so stinking exciting its not even funny! So we were celebrating with Lauren and her family that her name is now written in the book of life, and things just got crazy! And I had this thought...
You know how earlier I mentioned that its amazing how things can change in just one day? Well what's even more amazing is how things can change in just a few seconds. When Lauren was baptized, it hit me. While she was under that water, probably only five seconds, her eternity changed. ETERNITY CHANGED! What if people could grasp the heaviness of that? They would be lined up as far as the eye could see to get baptized and to be filled with the Holy Ghost. So much can change in just a second, an eternity even.
Buuuuttt God did not stop there ( I know! He's blowing my mind!) A lady in my church has been praying for her daughter for a very, very, long time. Her daughter is also one of my very best friends, so I have been praying for her too. My friend has been out of church for a very long time and she came tonight. It was so amazing. From the worship to the sermon to the altar call, I knew that God was working inside of her. During the altar call, her daddy took her by the hand and they went up the altar together and just fell on their faces before God. It was one of the most beautiful things I have ever, ever seen. Her whole family was up there praying together and then I heard my friend praying in that beautiful, heavenly language, speaking in other tongues. I wish I had it on a recorder. And in that short moment, an eternity was changed.
I left service tonight still expectant. I know that God's still not done with us. If I have learned anything this week it is that with God, its never over. Hallelujah!!!!
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