Thursday, April 14, 2011

I AM SO PROUD

LAST NIGHT, SOMETHING REMARKABLE HAPPENED.  IT WAS PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL THINGS I HAVE EVER WITNESSED.  I AM STILL BLOWN AWAY BY WHAT OCCURED LAST NIGHT.
WE HAD OUR USUAL MID WEEK CHURCH SERVICE AT THE LIGHTHOUSE CHURCH HERE IN OAKDALE, BUT IT WAS ANYTHING BUT ORDINARY!  IT WAS TRULY AWESOME FROM BEGINNING TO END.  I HAVE NEVER FELT SO MUCH LOVE AT A CHURCH SERVICE.  I KNOW FOR A FACT THAT THE LORD WAS SMILING DOWN ON EACH AND EVERY PERSON IN ATTENDANCE LAST NIGHT!   OUR GOD SHOWED US A MIGHTY MOVE OF HIS GLORY AND A QUIET WHISPER OF HIS LOVE ALL IN ONE SERVICE.  THANK YOU JESUS THAT I WAS THERE TO RECEIVE THOSE BLESSINGS.

WE ALWAYS START OUT OUR CHURCH SERVICE BY SINGING SEVERAL SONGS, AMAZING GRACE IS USUALLY THE FIRST.  BUT LAST NIGHT, A YOUNG MAN NAMED SHANE STARTED IT OFF.  SHANE IS A FAITHFUL MEMBER OF OUR CHURCH, A MEMBER OF OUR YOUTH.  LAST NIGHT, HE SANG.   HE REALLY SANG.  SHANE DIDNT JUST SING THE WORDS, HE FELT AND MEANT EVERY WORD OF THE SONG HE HAD CHOSEN!  WHEN HE LIFTED HIS ARMS IN PRAISE AS HE SANG THE WORDS, MY EYES FILLED WITH TEARS.  I KNOW I WASNT THE ONLY ONE MOVED BY HIS DEVOTION. 

BRO JERRY IS AN AWESOME PASTOR.  HE LEADS US IN THE WAYS OF THE LORD IN A WAY THAT ONLY HE CAN DO.  LAST NIGHT, HE ALLOWED ANOTHER ONE OF OUR YOUTH THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET UP AND PRESENT THE WORD OF THE LORD.  JOHNNY HAS ALSO BEEN A FAITHFUL CHURCH MEMBER AND HAS EXPRESSED THAT HE FEELS THE LORD HAS A CALLING ON HIS LIFE TO PREACH HIS WORD.  WELL, JOHNNY PRESENTED THE WORD TO US LAST NIGHT!  DID HE EVER!  I CAN SPEAK FOR THE ENTIRE LIGHTHOUSE CHURCH WHEN I SAY THAT JOHNNY DID A REMARKABLE JOB.  IT SEEMED NOTHING BUT NATURAL FOR HIM TO BE DELIVERING A HEARTFELT MESSAGE. 

AT THE END OF SERVICE, IT WAS ONLY NATURAL TO HUG BOTH JOHNNY AND SHANE.  EVERYONE UNDER THE ROOF OF THAT CHURCH FELT THE LOVE THAT HAD PRESENTED ITSELF LAST NIGHT.  WE WERE ALL SHOWN THAT THE LORD TRULY WORKS IN THE LIVES OF EVERYONE WHEN GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY.  REGARDLESS OF AGE, REGARDLESS OF PAST EXPERIENCE, REGARDLESS OF YOUR POSITION OR STATION IN LIFE. 

LAST NIGHT RE-AFFIRMED EVERY SINGLE WORD I HAVE EVER PRESENTED IN MY "NOTES".  WE SERVE AN AWESOME GOD!  A MIGHTY GOD!  A LOVING GOD!  THANK YOU JESUS FOR MY CHURCH FAMILY.  THERE IS NOTHING IN THIS WORLD THAT COULD MAKE ME WANNA GO BACK TO MERELY EXISTING! 

I HAVE AN UNSPEAKABLE JOY IN MY LIFE TODAY!  I HAVE NEVER FELT SUCH LOVE AND HAPPINESS!  TO CHANGE MY DIRECTION AND TO LIVE FOR THE LORD HAS BEEN THE BEST DECISION THAT I HAVE EVER MADE!  AND THE BEST PART IS THAT YOU CAN MAKE THE SAME DECISION.  IF HE DID IT FOR ME, HE CAN AND HE SURELY WILL DO IT FOR YOU. 

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