Last night our church family had our first 'Celebration
Service' in our new expanded sanctuary.
Translated that means we had a sweet time of worship, a sweet message
which was even more exciting because our associate pastor and Spanish pastor
shared the message together! Following
that worship and message we had 30 people baptized.
It was such a sweet time and the church was full as we
celebrated the testimony of so many young and old having accepted the Good News
of the Gospel.
But ...... there was one scene that touched my heart to
the very core. That scene was the little
girl who was sitting and standing (whatever the circumstance required) in front
of me. Picture this cute little brown
haired 6 or maybe 7 year old girl. Curly
locks of hair bouncing with total freedom about her face. Black rimmed glasses with magnified lenses
and the sweetest smile and spirit.
As her daddy stepped out during the last part of the
message to get dressed for baptism along with the many others, the praise team
began to sing "Here I Am To Worship".
The praise team, instruments, and the church were singing out, “Here I
am to worship, here I am to bow down...”
All of a sudden, this little girl’s arms lifted up to the Lord in
praise. It was angelic as can be, no
pretense, almost as if she was swept away in His presence and couldn't have not
lifted her arms ... Pure, innocent
worship as if no one else existed. My
heart was so moved as I watched her worship our King! Equally as sweet was the look on her face
when her daddy came to sit down beside her after his baptism.
As I watched all this the verse from Psalm 8:2 ( NIV )
came to mind...
“From the lips of children and infants you have ordained
praise because of your enemies, to silence the foe and the avenger.”
He inhabits the praise of His People!! There is no room for the enemy where He is
present!!
Is the enemy wearing you out?! Praise HIM and silence the foe.
Love you all much,
His,
Vickie
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