Blessed

Every Sunday at church I learn or experience something that makes me want to blog when I get home, yet I fail to do so. (Follow thru is not my strong suit.) We love our new church! It is such a worshipful experience each week.

Thoughts from 12/10/06:

Music: The worship team at Crossroads truly leads us into worship. One of the choruses we sang yesterday said...
You walk on waves
You run with clouds
You paint the sky for me to see
Your majesty is why I sing, Your majesty is why I sing.
While we were singing this, in walked a dad with his 20-something year old son who was blind. God painted the sky so we could see. This guy could not see, this man's son could not see, yet they were praising the Lord. I don't know if he was born blind or if it was do to an accident or illness. I just know it didn't stop them from worshipping. There is another family that visits sometimes who's 19 yr old daugther spends her days in a wheel chair at a nursing home due to a nearly fatal car wreck. They too love the Lord and love to sing His praises. It is because of His majesty that we sing.

Message: Matt 1:18-25--Yesterday our pastor (who's name is Chip) began a 3 week series focusing on certain characters in the birth of Christ. He began with Joseph.
We learned that Joseph was righteous (Mt 1:19); contemplative (1:20)--he considered his rights (he could have divorced her or had her stoned), he was thoughtful, not reactive; he was obedient (1:24) he did what the angel commanded him.

Joseph Recognized...

1. The Christ (v21) as the saving power in our lives
2. God's sustaining power (v22-23--Immanuel means God with us). Matthew began his book with "God is with us" in Ch. 1 and ended Ch. 28 with Christ's words "Lo, I am with you always..."
3. That his life was all he had to give and he gave it (he was God's earthly dad--what an incredible responsibility)

I will miss next week's sermon on Mary but will definitely post the notes on Jesus.