Church

There is so much going on here. I need a good solid 4 hours alone, let me repeat - in solitude, with my computer to get all this stuff rolling around in my head out.

I say that a lot.

It's not totally my fault. We are in week 3 of an 11 week study on the book of Acts. 

I'm not sure I can do this for 11 weeks. My brain is exhausted.

Then my friend Matt writes this post the other day.

And I realized that 3 years ago tomorrow, I attended my first ever service at our now church. 

There is just a lot here. (Did I already say that?)

I'm trying to clean up and organize my blog, which let me say, is a task that has simply made me want to delete this whole thing. That is a whole other post right there, but goodness. This is a lot of nonsense, is mostly what this is. :)

Anyway.

As I was cleaning things up, I found this post. 

What do I want in a church?

I noticed that I didn't write "At what church does God want me?"

Yeah. The thing about going backwards with this blog is I see how far God has so patiently brought me. And I get ashamed at where I once was. I even blogged about that already (Blue like what?), so I'll just say, "That's where I was, this is where I am, and please, Lord Jesus, take me so much further on."

And He will. (And one day I'm going to look back on these posts and be so very embarrassed. I do realize that!)

But the funny thing is that I love that I wrote that post. The church one up there. Because I get to read that and see what God was getting my heart ready for. That's pretty amazing. 

It's been nearly 3 years since I first set a foot in my church. I've reflected so much on what those past 3 years have looked like. I honestly don't think I could ever really put it into words. 

 And I know my church isn't perfect. Really. I do. 

What I want to do, though, during this sweet little anniversary (because I'm a sentimental sap) is to just spend some time thanking God for leading us there; praying for my church, staff and elders; and for the body of believers that I worship with every Sunday.

(I mean humbly add that I do that anyway, but I want it to be more of a matter of concentrated prayer with celebration added in. If that makes any sense.)

And I'll work on my other church post now, since I have {{gasp}} quiet. And solitude. :)