This Sunday I was a part of the worship and the choir with the children. We had investing a good amount of time preparing for these songs. I was really excited when the Main Event came because all the kids were so excited to sing for the congregation. Before the children came on we all sang worship and that was amazing. Then the kids came on stage and we sang out special songs. I hope everyone enjoyed it as much as the choir did.
After worship I was to go upstairs and help in hospitality, where we serve the pastors and special guests. This was a privilege to serve the men and women of God. Although I was not in service at all, I was able to hear all the amazing testimonies of what God had done in the peoples lives.
And I think that’s the most important part of serving and helping out in the church. We are all the body and we all have different gifts placed on the inside of us. It’s so amazing to watch everyone pull together for a greater cause, for the salvation and ministering of others.
There is a sweet lady named Sharon that I met a few times while ushering. I hadn’t seen her face before so I started talking to her and making sure she was comfortable and had a good seat. She was somewhat irritable though. But each Sunday I’d see her face, and each time it got brighter and brighter. We’d give each other big hugs every Sunday and I just enjoyed loving on her. I introduced her to my sister and we all talked. Though I wasn’t in service this Sunday, my sister had seen her and talked to her. She asked, “Have you noticed anything different?” And my sister didn’t figure it out. Excitedly Sharon said, “I’m not using my walker anymore!”
At the end of the day, after we all had served and gone home, my sister told me the story. It almost made my entire day. I couldn’t stop thinking about the new growth in Sharon’s life, her transition from using a walker and having a disability to hearing the Word of God and standing on her healing.
The most important lesson I learned was we all work together to make a grand picture. When everyone comes together in unity and in one accord there is fruit that withstands anything.
Lauren P
