what a day today has been!! there was nothing normal about today. now,.........I'm
talking about normal for me. i wouldn't want to confuse your normal for mine, because i know that what i call normal might be off your charts!!
nothing happened that was bad today. actually, i'm sure that everything that has happened so far, and will continue forth needed to happen. the strange thing was that i slept all day. just got up in time to see the sun go down this evening. i can't remember the last time that i did that, because it has been so long. i have been pretty active this week taking care of the daily business, and not sleeping all that well. then again,........that's not actually true. the quality of the sleep that i get is beautiful. it's the amount that is lacking!!
yep,............that's right,............it's Sunday now. i finished sleeping my whole day away, but that's alright. i must have needed some serious rest. i get caught up in things, and getting my rest is the last think on my agenda. i really don't have a set schedule, and often times i don't get enough sleep. I'm real bad to get up early. now,........when i say early,..........I'm talking about several hours before the sun rises.
i love Sunday's. i don't do a whole lot on a sunday. most of my day goes to worshiping my Lord. i have no regular church that i attend, but i do watch a live service from Trinity Baptist Church.
i was raised in the baptist church, and i really don't care for them to much. I've had a couple heart-straining events in the baptist church before, and usually i avoid them at all cost. i realize that all the baptist church's aren't like the couple that i have a major problem with, but a few of them are. it's like they have their own personal god that visits them on Sunday, and i have never met that god's criteria. i have never achieved the greatness that their god expects me to have going on. it's kinda like if i can't fully support that god, that he doesn't want anything to do with me. i'm not sure where these people came up with that concept. it couldn't have been out of the Holy Bible.
i am grateful for these church's though. they sent me out on a quest to get down to the nitty gritty on the God deal. i went through several religious programs in search of a God that would love me, and teach me the way that i should be living. although, i found bits, and pieces in everyone of them that i could use, they never really satisfied my curiosity all that well. i was a man on a mission. there was something missing from my life, and i knew that it was God. i just had to find the right version that would fit into my wretched life.
i finally found what i was looking for right in front of my eyes. it's a book called the Holy Bible, and it had exactly what i was looking for in a God. the God of the Bible is a loving God that only expects for me to come to Him, and try Him out. i'm not sure how some of these preachers take that wonderful book, and preach some of the things that they do from it. are they on a mission to keep the true God hidden from us?
i am very grateful for the God of the Bible. my life has been forever changed because of it. I'm at peace with God, mankind, and everybody that crosses my path during a days time. i don't have the struggles in my life that i once have had, because i know that I'm not alone anymore. i have somebody else working on these problems in the background, and He really don't need my help. that makes me free to enjoy my daily life without the burden of problems.
getting back to Trinity Baptist Church: i really never thought that i would care for what went on inside a mega-church, and Trinity is a mega-church. http://www.tbc.org/uploads/annualreport_pdf_web.pdf
i have included their 2010 annual report if you want to look at it, and see how big that they are.
the thing is about Trinity is that they don't act like a mega-church. they simply act like a small community church sitting on the side of the road. the members aren't all uppity, nor do they snarl at you down their long noses. the walk around greeting you, and they are glad that you decided to come. they just might asked you to come sit with them if you happen to be alone.
the first thing is that you can't help but notice is the presence of God. His love is flowing every where. i'm not sure about you, but that is what makes me feel welcome in a church. you ever go to a church, and you feel like God didn't show up? you don't have to worry about that here, because He is here in full force!!
the entertainment value is off the charts, from the beginning until the end. i can't remember ever having a boring moment in that church. the chior is a world class choir. they rank up there with the worlds greatest choirs. they play all their music live, and have all kinds of different instruments. they are a simple pleasure for your ears to behold.
the senior pastor is Tom Messer. i think that you would have serious trouble finding any better man of God to bring the message forth every Sunday. he is a real man that has made the God of his understanding his life. he breaks everything down to the point that nobody ever leaves his message with any confusion. we all leave knowing exactly what he was talking about. that's important,.........wouldn't you think?
i'm going to leave the link for this church also. you can hear several messages in the archives. you can also see how this church is reinvesting in itself. they have a lot of different programs going on for everybody. all the members of this church is just as important, as the next. they love their Young, and old as like. everybody has a purpose at Trinity Baptist Church.
www.tbc.org
..................much love
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