And then it happened.

I am sitting here at my desk going over my sermon and playing out the day in my mind. How it will look, the service transitions, worship and so on. I am talking to God and listening to some worship and getting in His presence. I am wondering who will be there and how the sermon will go........and then it happened. I got a phone call from a family in our church. Their story is absolutely awesome. I do not have time to share all of it but for the last few weeks there have been some issues and today it kind of came to a head. He told me that he picked up the phone to "deal with this" by screaming and going off and giving them a piece of his mind and then he said that he stopped at the phone and said out loud to his wife, "You know we have been going to church. And everything we have been hearing is about forgiveness and we are trying to be a better religous family." He then picked up the phone and was calm and reached out in love.
For me......that was church. Not a Sunday service or a sermon or a worship set. This guy who, six months ago wouldn't set foot in a church, was now adjusting his decisions to God's word. That's church for me. That's the real life of a Christ follower.
I love what i get to do.