Way too long since I posted! But I finished up the Ash wednesday one, and now one for today. Sang at church today. "Be Thou My Vision" (Rudder version) and "Coming Home".
Be Thou MyVision has long been a favorite of mine. :) So it was really cool to sing a new (to me) version of it. But this morning...Coming Home really hit home.
The lyrics (minus all the coming homes we sing between them.)
I've wandered far away from God now I'm coming home
The path of sin too long I've trod Lord I'm coming home
Coming home coming home never more to roam
Open wide Thy arms of love Lord I'm coming home
I've wasted many precious years now I'm coming home
I now repent with bitter tears Lord I'm coming home
Odd, but I've never really liked songs/scriptures that talk of heaven as home. Home has never been a peaceful place. Home to me has always been....stressful at best and chaotic and unsupportive at worst. :( So I usually prefer other kinds of songs. But somehow...today... this song just hit me. And for once, home didn't make me think of home. Somehow, home was....more of a fellowship of believers. :) My church. All of us.
And this song...with it's emphisis on repentance and returning to God...was just what I needed. It is where I am.
Sunday, February 24, 2008
Wednesday, February 6, 2008
Ash Wednesday
So here it is...Ash Wednesday. And I had an odd experience of it this evening. After our normal client day, we have some time to work. (except for days like today, when we have meetings.) So I had a staff meeting, then A called. Dinner? In M. G. (half way between home and work)...would be great, but...it's Ash Wednesday. I have church. Well...I decided to call to a church near home and see what time their service was (7pm) So, A--Dinner sounds good...I'll just play visitor to a different church tonight--one mom has wanted me to visit. :)
:( OH MY!!!!! I went to an Evangelical Catholic Church! I felt...uneasy. I can't explain it. I mean it looks like churches I grew up in. It sounds like churches I grew up in. In some ways, it feels like churches I grew up in...but I left that church. I *WANT* a Catholic experience when I go to church.
And I think...there is something about a church when it gets to a size and wealth level that it can build a multi-million dollar building...it loses a certain...spark? It's like it forgets what it is to be outside it's doors. And stops ministering to the area--just to it's own.
It was a hard service to sit through. No mention of sin or death. No "remember you are dust and to dust you shall return" The response was "Go and serve the Lord." A good thing, yes, but...not what Lent is for.
Lent is for reflection. It's for us as believers to take stock and find our way back. It's for healing and renewal. Gearing up for the fight.
:( OH MY!!!!! I went to an Evangelical Catholic Church! I felt...uneasy. I can't explain it. I mean it looks like churches I grew up in. It sounds like churches I grew up in. In some ways, it feels like churches I grew up in...but I left that church. I *WANT* a Catholic experience when I go to church.
And I think...there is something about a church when it gets to a size and wealth level that it can build a multi-million dollar building...it loses a certain...spark? It's like it forgets what it is to be outside it's doors. And stops ministering to the area--just to it's own.
It was a hard service to sit through. No mention of sin or death. No "remember you are dust and to dust you shall return" The response was "Go and serve the Lord." A good thing, yes, but...not what Lent is for.
Lent is for reflection. It's for us as believers to take stock and find our way back. It's for healing and renewal. Gearing up for the fight.
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