Sunday, February 3, 2019

Dear God,

Our preacher fell ill while preaching on Sunday.  A midwife cried out, "Are you all right, Jim?"  "No," he said emphatically.  The next few minutes were a testimony to the ways in which your spirit moves.  The midwife jumped up out of her seat and ran to him.  A doctor stepped up from the back of the sanctuary. A woman went to call his wife.  Another called his daughter.  Someone else retrieved the defibrillator.  Yet another stood and led the congregation in prayer for Jim.  Within minutes the EMS was there to take Jim to the hospital and as he left Rev. Susan offered us Holy Communion. As I sat in prayer myself I thought of how we were being the church, really being the church.

Holy God,
you bless us
with your spirit
every day.
You speak
to us,
help us,
move and
inspire us.
You lead us
to healing,
mercy
and love
and we
are grateful,
so very,
very grateful.

Love always, Andrea