Don't Let How Things Look or How You Feel Stop You

Last Friday my ill health began, and as I’m sitting here today it’s been a rough few days. I started by not feeling very good. I wasn’t sick, but I knew I wasn’t feeling right. On Saturday I tried to take it easy and just rest, hoping to find myself feeling back to normal by Sunday morning. Sunday came and by the end of our morning service I didn’t feel good at all. My body ached all over, I couldn’t breathe, and I had a horrible sore throat. Sunday was amazing because Tailgate 2014 we saw 14 people commit their lives to Christ, the food at the Tailgate party was fantastic, and many who visited us on Sunday said that they’d be back again. So if I gave a spiritual grade to Sunday it would have to be an A+ because heaven was rejoicing with us for those who committed their lives to Christ.

If I were to give it a grade on the physical side of things it would not be an A+. The weather was cold and dreary, we couldn’t have our Tailgate Party outside for the first time in 7 years, I felt miserable, and we didn’t reach the goals that I had for the church. The worship service was great and the preaching was not horrible…lol…but at the end of my sermon a breaker on a set of houselights went out and we had to finish with part of our auditorium being in the dark. I can always find something to complain about, and I wonder how many of us live our lives that way?

Since Sunday, I have been home sick, and even as I’m writing this I don’t feel good. I’ve been to the doctor and been given prescriptions to help me get better, but they haven’t helped yet. However, I don’t choose to live focused on the negative but instead reflect on the good things. We had an amazing service where lives were impacted by the gospel. I’ve heard that one family that came Sunday does not attend any church and were so blessed by their experience that they plan on attending again. Another family not only accepted Christ as their Savior but said that the service was exactly what they needed because they were going through difficult times. Yes, I had higher expectations, but God did exactly what had to be done in the lives of those who were at service that day.