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Good afternoon, Church Family! Please know that I have stopped multiple times today to simply pray for you. I realize that not all of you may see the Care Letter that is regularly sent out sharing the needs of our church family has for prayer. If you do receive the letter, you are aware of the great burdens many are daily carrying right now. And in extra ways, the Lord has reminded me to pray for many of these burdens over the past few days. 

I’ll be honest, sometimes I find it quite difficult to know exactly who and what God wants me to be. There are days when I want to become the visionary pastor who displays a daring path of faith for us to follow Jesus into bold, new places. Then there are days when I do not want to tear myself away from the study of God’s Word as He reveals to me truths about Himself that I have never seen before. Then there are days I just want to visit the dear people of our church and sit in their presence to speak of the very good blessings of Jesus—and the blessed promise that all believers have of one day being with our Savior.

Then there are the days I have to send e-mails, administrate, and prepare for meetings with the wonderful team of which I’m blessed to be a part.Then there are the days when I just want to get away and pray. Just to spend time with God—knowing that He alone is the answer to each and every problem facing both myself and those I love.But to be honest, I really don’t do a great job at any of these. Try as hard as I might, most of my days are a little of all of this combined—which leaves me feeling like I’m just really not accomplishing much at all. I end up feeling like a Slinkie. You know, Slinkies. Something that really isn't all that useful, but it does bring a smile to your face when you push it down the stairs.

But for some reason, the Lord has laid many of our church’s burdens on my heart this week. Please know that someone is praying for you.  I’m also wanting to remind you that we are changing our service times this Sunday. We will have two worship services—at 9 and 11 a.m.—and our livestream will be available at 11 a.m. I am not finished with this Sunday’s message, but I am excited to continue with looking at the veil that lies over the Scripture—which Paul references in 2 Corinthians 3 and 4. We also ordered a case of the Jesus StoryBook Bibles, so we will have some available here at the church on Sunday. Have a blessed day, Church Family! You are loved!

Pastor Brian