Btw, church is about God..

I think I'll write this in purple. 

Recently, my best friend in the whole world (Kellye DeMott) told me her and her family were being called to leave New Covenant and going to Heritage, a church here in Moultrie. And trust me, I was DEVASTATED. I loved that I was guaranteed to see her every week at least once, no matter what. I loved teaching the 3,4 and 5 yr old Sunday school with her, I loved going to worship practice knowing I would get to see my very best friend. And I have loved that for years. Ever since we became friends (whenever it was). 

So I pretty much moped around for a week, cried every time I thought about it, and let myself just bask in the thought of "losing my best friend". That was ridiculous. No, I won't see her at worship practice and get to look over at her when something hilarious happens anymore, And yes, I will have to teach Sunday school to our favorite kids by myself. But I WILL still see her. And I will adjust to teaching alone and keeping my hilarious thoughts to myself.

One night we were texting about how our different church services went and I'm pretty sure we were both crying our eyes out but the next morning she sent me a very long (nothing unusual), very life changing message and here it is...

" Just a reminder that church is about God. I know you know this. But keep in mind that it doesn't, or it shouldn't matter who you're with, how things go, or even how it sounds although we do want to give God the best worship that we can and do everything in excellence. If you're just focused on God, hearing Him, and having an awesome time with Him, you can have the best service of your life by just choosing to focus on Him, worship Him, hear from Him, and have an awesome time with Him. Regardless of what is going on around you. I love you and I don't want this to be hard for you for long. I want you to be able to get everything out of your experiences at church that you can. And I'm not saying you aren't it's just a friendly reminder just in case."

So there's that. Think about it. Why am I so worried about how the music sounds or who will be there? I don't want to serve God unless my best friend there with me? That's harsh, sorry God. Church is somewhere you go to be fed spiritually and to fellowship with other believers. And my job is to serve Him, not to whine about God calling Kellye to greater things. That is exactly what I DO want for her. So what the point I really want to get across is, church is about God. And that's exactly why we should go. Not to please the flesh, but to please the spirit.

This might be very obvious to some of you, but to me it was just what I needed to hear to keep me going. my pray, friends, is that I serve God for the right reasons and that I glorify Him in every season no matter what. Amen.