Sunday mornings are not exactly quiet and serene for a family who has a Worship Leader and a Praise Team member as parents. Our church has Praise Team practice at 8:30am for one hour before Sunday School. Then the Worship Service starts at 10:50am. We have the first, second and third Sunday's of each month scheduled for the afternoons with other music ministries as well. This leaves very little time for quality family time on Sundays.
The fourth Sunday of every month, although still busy in the mornings, the afternoons are pretty much relaxing and restful. However, when there happens to be a fifth Sunday in a month - ahhhhh - that is the Sunday for a little piece of quiet and serenity....
See, every fifth Sunday, the youth of our church put together their own Worship Service. That allows myself, the Worship Leader, and my husband, a Praise Team member the chance to sleep a whole hour later than normal and to enjoy some time with our children before we go to church. And it allows us to enjoy the worship service that our dedicated youth have put together.For those of you who may be reading this blog and are in a similar circumstance, you know what it means to enjoy that time of 'a little piece and quiet.'
May God grant you some piece and quiet today as you seek to live for the Lord.
Verses for today:
( quoted from "The Holy Bible", New International Version)
( quoted from "The Holy Bible", New International Version)
Zephaniah 3:17 "The LORD your God is with you, he is mighty to save. He will take great delightin you, he will quiet you with his love, he will rejoice over you with singing."
1 Peter 3:4 "Instead, it should be that of your inner self, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is of great worth in God's sight.
Psalm 46:10"Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.
"Ephesians 2:8-9 “For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— not by works, so that no one can boast.”
Thought for today:
With all that our country is going through right now, we need to remember -
GOD IS STILL IN CONTROL!!
With all that our country is going through right now, we need to remember -
GOD IS STILL IN CONTROL!!
Song for today:
"Be Still And Know"
Inspired by Psalm 46
Music and Additional Words byLawrence Keith HolderCopyright © 1998 and MIDI sequence (P) 1998 Lawrence Keith HolderArrangement Copyright © 2007 Lawrence Keith Holder
TO LISTEN TO THIS SONG OR MORE INFORMATION, VISIT:
http://larryholdermusic.org/bestill.html
"Be Still And Know"
Inspired by Psalm 46
Music and Additional Words byLawrence Keith HolderCopyright © 1998 and MIDI sequence (P) 1998 Lawrence Keith HolderArrangement Copyright © 2007 Lawrence Keith Holder
TO LISTEN TO THIS SONG OR MORE INFORMATION, VISIT:
http://larryholdermusic.org/bestill.html
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Saralyn,
ReplyDeleteHow wonderful! Whatever the reason you have decided to do this, I will pray for your words to touch someone somewhere and give them encouragement and inspiration. You are special and God is using you and your family in a mighty way. "Be still and know that I am God".... is what I have to say to myself all the time. That God wants me to just STOP every once and a while and listen to Him. Thank you and God bless.
Bonnie
Saralyn, I think you are a very good writer. We don't have to be professionals to write good stuff! I appreciated your choice of scriptures and especially the comment GOD IS STILL IN CONTROL!! May God richly bless your life as
ReplyDeleteyou give Him control and as you express your thoughts through this blog.
Love ya, Mom (Vayon)
I already feel inspired! Just keep letting God communicate through you and don't worry about whether you're a professional.
ReplyDeleteI look forward to keeping in touch even more this way.
Cindy