I have realized that I have been away from writing on my blogs. I hope to start picking this up more, but let's be honest, this may not happen as much as I would like to. I love sharing what God has laid on my heart with others through this avenue and hope it may touch you.
Tonight as our baby girl was sitting in her walker (mommy is not ready for her to walk just yet) a children's tune came on. Many of you may remember the song, "The More We Get Together". The lyrics are pretty simple, "The more we get together, together, together; The more we get together the happier we'll be; Cause your friends are my friends, and my friends are your friends; The more we get together the happier we'll be."
What if this were applied to church? If we all got together more at church, in small groups, and worshipped together, how much happier would we be? More to the point, how much happier would we all be to be in the presence of the Lord on a consistent basis. Today in church the associate pastor made a very strong point. He had everyone in the congregation stand up. He proceeded to ask those who were saved after the age of 18 to sit down. A small handful of individuals sat down. The point: majority of individuals who are saved are under the age of 18.
So how does getting saved at a young age and a children's song have hand in hand? Simple, the more we are in church, learning about God, fellowshipping with other believers on a regular basis, the happier we can be. As we grow in God, we realize that the pains of this world are temporary. We are given hope that one day we will not feel pain or cry tears anymore. Don't get me wrong, Satan will still tempt us (maybe even harder) to engage in sin or see pain more clearly. His ultimate goal is to steer us away from a relationship with God.
As I began to think harder about the lyrics of the song, I contemplated changing the words. What if the song went, "The more we pray together, together, together; the more we pray together the happier we'll be, Then I'll pray for your friends, and you'll pray for my friends; The more we pray together the happier we'll be."
Jason and I are working hard to provide baby girl with a strong faith-based foundation. This requires us to take her to church. The means that we send her to Sunday School to learn while we are in Sunday School learning as well. We do this because we love baby girl and we want her to love the Lord. So "the more we get together, the happier we'll be".
Dear God, thank you for today and the beautiful weather. Thank you for this country and being able to go to church without repercussions. May we all get together in Your House more to praise and worship you. As we are entering Holy Week, I pray for those who do not understand what you sent your son to do for use on the cross. May they believe that your son died and saved us from our sins. In Jesus' Name, AMEN.
