The Church arise!!!

Today was the normal Christmas concert! When your Church has fabulous music all the time!

It becomes common place! I often look forward to our praise and worship at Kingsland Baptist

 Church! Today started out like any wonderful performance they give!  I listen to many beautiful

songs with narration in between and I thought as I sat there we were a little late and I was tired

from the Trauma of life in the weeks past. My husband had a bad fall in Garage and to old people

 trying to remodel and finding out they are not young anymore.  Attending four Funerals in a short

amount of time and feeling exhausted from just realizing how the world has changed. Distance plays

apart in all our lives! Family is so spread apart and driving hours to see people is a expensive task as

everything cost more.  So hard to get anyone to make a commitment to family at all.  The music started

to slowly invigorate me and I felt my Praise starting and the music like silken fingers massaged my soul

. Each passing song I was more peaceful and happy! Then a young man came on Stage and I did not

recognize him! He looked fairly young was he a teenager. He began to speak about Jesus come to earth

 as man and His love for us and the Passion and the Authority of which he delivered the word ! As I

had watched the concert I had seen another passionless church watching a Christmas performance so

 afraid of what others would think if they openly worshiped God after all we must be orderly! Suddenly

 I believed the Holy Spirit filled the room! For suddenly everyone was on their feet saying Amen and

cheering for Jesus Christ. The room was alive! There was passion in the room! I saw my little prayer

come alive! Kingsland was cheering God.  Do I believe Kingsland follows God yes I do but they do it

with such order!  I dislike Chaos but at the same time I love Joy of the Lord.  I love a small child with

full joy! I love to watch it and I love smiles ! I have seen these at Kingsland! It is just sometimes the

sanctuary becomes like a meeting of very conservative men and as Christ followers I was reminded of

Romans 15:13 May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing so that by the power of

 the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope. Sometimes I watch our Choir and I see all the Joy of the lord

 as they sing and then I turn and look around the room and it is hard to find a smile.  I know the

sanctuary is a place to be refreshed and able to make it another week and I know some of the audience

are so busy this might be their only time. I just find my self wondering what does Jesus see I know he

does not want us to put on a show for others to appear spiritual but if you were singing Happy Birthday

to me I would like to see you having a good time doing it. Sometimes I wonder how much fear plays

apart in people worshiping God openly! Do you know 360 something times it says Do NOt Fear!!!!  I

have often wished I could sing with choir but know my voice is gone but when I am out in the

audience I sing at the top of my lungs good or bad or indifferent it is a song to my Jesus and he knows

my heart! Sometimes I feel sorry for who is standing next to me but then I remember who comes first.

 No one has ever encouraged me to go to Kingsland and I know I am consider a Charismatic type!

Some even say Pentecostal  but I respect the church. My journey has had to put my pride aside! Yes I

would like to have more close friends there but few have ever invited me to lunch or anything. It has

always seemed like a learning institution so do I go to church to find Friends not really! Do I go to

church to get counseling! Not really! Do I go to church to make business connections ! Not really.  I go

to church to learn more of Gods word and praise him!  If a few friend find me worthy then so be it. The

 whole point is I saw a Church arise and praise God at one time! I pray that the Passion of the Church

 will arise and Kingsland will be a Candle to all nations.  This is just my opinion and lately no one reads

my blogs anyway! So if you do just know nothing made my soul rejoice more than People openly

cheering Jesus at Kingsland. The Joy of Lord was there Today.