Sanctuary Sunday

required sunday night listening:

praise God from whom all blessings flow.

beauty found at 00:27

Bright and early, my alarm begins to ring. I stretch a stretch and text Layne to wake her up. I take a hot shower and smile as the water runs down my face. It's Sanctuary Sunday. I put on my dress and my boots. I get in the car and pick up Spencer. We laugh and smile because it's Sanctuary Sunday. We arrive at church only to be greeted by sweet friends. I walk through the doors for the first time. I stand in the door way and choke up a little. and as I walk into the new sanctuary, I breathe a breath of thanks to God. We walk the halls and enter the rooms and pray over everything. We gather in back and pray over each pew and for the people who will be sitting in them through out the day. The service is beautiful. The songs send chills down my spine. The Bishop charges the congregation to "dig a little deeper." I laugh at God's sneakyness from the New Frontiers reference. and praise him for an answered prayer. I commune with my fellow seniors in sunday school. and off to lunch I ago. I arrive back at the church later teary-eyed. Thankfully, mama tracie gives me a little bit of her happy before I have to sing. Youth choir sings. Chancel choir sings. and I belt my testimony out because it's Sanctuary Sunday. as the night winds down, I goof off with the youth group and I finally get to be a kid again. only because it's Sanctuary Sunday. 

and tonight, I am going to bed sleepy and happy. 

it sure was a wonderful Sanctuary Sunday.

It is hard to say what today really meant to me, but oh my goodness. God has changed my whole life through St.Mark's church and I could not be more grateful. The love that I experience there is a dime a dozen. I am abundantly delighted in the works that God already doing. and I am excitedly awaiting the marvelous things he is going to do with this new addition to our church. All glory and honor to God for he is good all the time and all the time he is good.

Gratitude (Lately):

 For this kid and the silly he adds to my life

For my awesomely awesome youth choir

For this girl's friendship.

For mama tracie and her huge heart.

For this guy's presence in my life