God Wants to Meet with Us

Hi CV. This morning I had the opportunity to emcee the services, since Scott and Rob were both away at the men's retreat.

I want to tell you an interesting thing that happens to me every time I have the mic and stand in front of all of you. Whether I am up there to speak or just to make one announcement, or whatever, I am overwhelmed with a feeling of intense longing and love - And I know it is the Lord's heart for you all. The feeling is something like how much he longs to meet with us, with each of us. It is intense - it's longing and love and compassion and both a bit excited and teeny bit sad at the same time, like when you want something and you love it but you can't quite get enough of it either. You may have noticed that often when I am up there I am trying not to cry as I share. And that is why. I am overwhelmed with this feeling of how much Jesus loves us, how much he longs to meet with us, and that he is waiting for each of us to invite him - to tell him that we want Him to be involved and to meet with us. It is beautiful and intense and it gets me every time!

So come to church next time with that in mind - that Jesus is waiting for you, wanting to meet you wherever you are at, intensely longing to connect with you and love you and give you some of himself.