Happy Reminders; Back Home Again!

Tonight, Lydia and I are back home in Jackson, Alabama.   We have just returned from our weekend of preaching at the First ARP in Gastonia, North Carolina.  The trip and the series went well.

 

I was reminded of all the reasons I love the Piedmont Carolinas.  I was reminded of the good things about the EPC.  (The ARP church has a contemporary service at 8:30 each Sunday that is very well done.  I actually realized that I even miss some of those contemporary Christian songs and choruses a little bit.  And we met some people with strong EPC connections.)

 

I was reminded of the difference between ministering in a congregation and just maintaining a congregation.  I was reminded of many other things I won't list here; but they were all happy reminders.

 

The weather here is unseasonably warm.  The rest of the week will be busy, as I prepare for services on Sunday.  My future is no more certain than it was two weeks ago;  but I've also been reminded again of who's actually in charge--and it isn't I!