Before I get into this week’s thought, I need to pause and thank all of you for your prayers, comments, comfort, and encouragement as my family has dealt with the loss of my sister Becky. I continue to be amazed at the impact her life had on so many people. God has answered so many prayers throughout this time. She passed away around 10:15pm on Thursday, May 18th with her husband by her side. This was a special blessing in and of itself because her husband works third shift but had decided to stay home after Becky had a bad episode that morning. That was how God worked it out so that he was home when she passed. God is so gracious and He continued to answer prayers leading up to and throughout her funeral as we decided we needed to livestream video to the church fellowship hall because we knew we wouldn’t fit everyone into the relatively small church sanctuary. We weren’t sure exactly how that was going to work, but God pulled it off. He also kept some severe storms away and even the heavy rain away until after the funeral itself was over.
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In his letter to the Ephesians, Paul prays that Christ would dwell in their hearts so that they would “have strength to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth, and to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.” (Ephesians 3:18-19) You’ve probably tried to comprehend the breadth and length and height and depth of Christ’s love, but do you KNOW that He loves you?
Last Tuesday was “Be Kind to Lawyers Day.” Don’t worry, I didn’t know about it either until something unusual happened. Monday afternoon as I was sitting in my office, my administrative assistant told me that I had a visitor. A very nice woman who I had met a couple of times but barely knew had come to see me to give me a chocolate cake that she had bought for me! She told me that she had heard on the radio earlier that day that it was “Be Kind to Lawyers Day” and I was the only lawyer that she knew, so she decided to buy me a cake and bring it to me. I was very surprised! The cake had “Happy Attorneys’ Day” written on it and it was delicious.
As a church musician, the big holidays of Easter and Christmas seem to have this enormous buildup because there is always a lot of special programs to practice for during the months leading up to the holiday. Right now, we are busy with final preparations for our Easter program which we will present on Friday, April 7 at 7pm and Sunday, April 9, at 6pm at Pleasant Garden Baptist Church. This year’s program features our middle and high school youth, who play prominent roles and came up with the concept and helped write most of the script. I am leading our worship band which will provide the music for the show.