And I just thought it was cold and blustery. I woke up yesterday to 36 degrees with a wind chill of 27. It wasn’t quite that bad when Chris got up. Warmed all the way up to almost 40. It was … miserable. We even broke out the heavy sweaters and coats to find something to wear to church.
Apparently,
it was too cold to do anything else on the Island. We had a pretty good crowd. By Chris’ count, 60 chilled souls braved the
weather to join us at Seaside. Kel
finished up his series on Ecclesiastes.
I have the next two sermons, my last as senior pastor. Of course, I suppose I will always be the “senior”
pastor as long as Kel filling that role.
You know … Kelley senior, Kelley junior and all?
After
church a really good crowd stuck around to help take down the Christmas
decorations. Didn’t take long at
all. Of course the prospect of a Third
Sunday Dinner on the Grounds may have had something to do with that. Great food.
Greater fellowship. And speaking
of fellowship. It was fun having the praise team do some practicing while we
worked. We heard everything from Blessed
Assurance to the Beatles. Even had our
famous adventuring couple, Jim and Kathy, dancing the two-step. Nice job, guys.
When
everything settled down and folks were leaving Chris and I chatted with a sweet
couple who I met and married many years ago.
They have stuck it out through thick and thin. They shared with us that they have been
blessed by God recently and wanted to share that blessing with the church. Just keep on following Jesus, you two, and the
blessings won’t stop. They may take on
many forms, but they won’t stop.
1
Peter 5:10 says, “And the God of all grace, who called you to his eternal glory
in Christ, after you have suffered a little while, will himself restore you and
make you strong, firm and steadfast.”
Father,
thank you for blessings like we experienced yesterday. Bless the folks at Seaside who saw working as
a joy and a chance to enjoy time together.
Bless that couple as they keep following you. Amen.
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