Nov 26
Posted by Josh
Well tonight we had family thanksgiving with my wifes side of the family it really was some good food. In fact I had some great cranberry relish and some good potatoe stuffing. As usual I washed it down with my wife’s pecan pie. I am biased and I know it but my wife males the best pecan pie in the world. We had a lot of folks here at the ridgeway Baptist church but as I sat hear I was thinking about family and how we are all different. I am glad that my wife’s family is not the same as my family how boring would life be if we were all the same. I know for me life would be boring.
If I am really honest I use to jot want to come to these things with my wife. Deep down inside I guess I never really felt welcome but I would always cone to make my wife happy. I know how lame I am but it is the truth. Now for the most part I like to come. But I can’t help but wonder if this is how so many feel coming to our churches. Do they come in the door looking to be accepted and loved into a family but in the end they feel rejected and not part of the family at all. I think we are failing miserably in the church and when we stop making church less about our comforts.and more about loving God and loving others we will see Him move. Lets together change the atmosphere of how we do church.
Life, My Thoughts, Spiritual Application
Nov 12
Posted by Josh
It seems that I make this a theme. I do not post for a long time and then I come on and post and talk about how busy I have been and that is the reason for not posting.
Truthfully I have been busy. This last Sunday was my first Sunday as the interim pastor at Lancaster baptist church here in Missouri as well as the interim youth director at FBC Macon. Right now I travel to Lancaster (roughly 45 miles) on Sundays and I stay there until Monday afternoon. I then am in the office at Macon on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. This gives me Friday and Saturday off though I usually do alot of work from home.
We have been seeing some really neat stuff happen in our Youth over the past several weeks and just this last week we have seen three salvations. God is good the youth ministry has grown both numerically and spiritually it has been great to be a part of it.
I have been in contact with a church down in Souther Illinois and will be heading that way to preach on December the 5th pray that God direct and if this is where I am to be that I will know it and so will they. These last two years have been both great and trying at the same time. Great because I have continued to do ministry and see God work and trying because my heart is for full time ministry and I have not had the opportunity to do that or the stability that it brings to my family. All in all I know God is in control.
Until next time.
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