Wow! the emotion that I have experienced over the last 72 hours. We made some new aquaintences in South Carolina, and several of those were from our district, so that was cool to meet more people from our district.

Today was the first time Rebecca has not been part of our worship team except when she was sick. Maybe she’ll join us in October during fall break. This morning’s service was dedicated to celebrating going back to school. We wanted to pray for our students as they returned to school. We celebrated with those who are moving up to a new level; those moving to Middle School and those moving to High School. Then during prayer we prayed with them and then I shared a message for them. In the middle of the message I even sang. You don’t hear Dust in the Wind in every service. But, it really went with the message. I promised to tell the “rest of the story” but as I preached the Lord led me in a different direction, so I shared the “rest of the story” during our evening time together.

That is the cool part of the day. We sang a few songs and then the Holy Spirit settled in and we had an extended time of prayer. I shared the rest of the story on Kerry Livgren and the we finished by looking at the second part of Ephesians 2. We may come from all walks of life, but those who are bought by the blood of Christ are one. Here in Martinsville, many like to make a big deal of our differences, but I’m done with that game. I am a Wesleyan, but I also realize that there will be many brothers and sisters in Christ, who don’t believe like I do. Christ has broken down the barrier, who are we to erect more barriers.

After church we had a chance to talk to one of our members and it was really encouraging. God is continuing to work in His way and His timing.