Happy Sunday!

Happy Sunday!  How has yours been?

It was lovely to see the sun shine this morning as it streamed through, forcing me to shield my tightly shut eyes as I savoured every last bit of my sleep. The birds too were definitely in song, their heavy feet and pecking action could be heard on the flat roof above my bedroom (one of the few advantages of a chalet style home).  Oh and it is so nice to be able to put washing outside, knickerless radiators for a while!  Don't pretend you don't know what I am talking about.    Although thinking about a  friend of mine, her washing would probably be wonderfully draped like decorative bunting on her radiators, taking the expression 'soft furnishings' to another level!

Gracie & Aaron decided to rest that bit longer too this morning; Gracie has a knack of waking early most days of the hols and then have that much needed lie-in just before school is due to resume.  Somehow though she will be up early like a spring bird tomorrow morning.

Do you know we have now completed half of the academic session already.  Where does time go?  The exciting bit starts now.  Winter colds, flu viruses and the likes are just about taking their final bows as they leave to make way for spring smiles.  Children really do come into their own and most begin to take off in school and it is lovely to be part of it all.

I must share something with you.  It was so lovely to hear a testimony from Ray, a member of our fellowship this morning.  He shared that he had been a member of the Crossways family for over 34 years and that more recently whilst poorly in hospital it was his longing to be well enough to return and enjoy the wonderful worship, that kept him going.  Boy it was good!

Worship is a time when we pay deep, sincere, awesome respect, love, and fear to the one who created us. Acts 17:24-25 says, "God who made the world and everything in it, since He is Lord of heaven and earth, does not dwell in temples made with hands, as though He needed anything, since He gives life, breath, and all things."

Yes we can worship on our own, but it is wonderful to belong to a community of faith and fellowship with brothers and sisters in Christ who are trying to live out the gospel just as we are, and today (day 55) I am thankful.