Well, Okay!

So this past weekend was full of stuff - you can learn about some of it here as I will tell you about the fun that was had on Sunday at MZV.

So as I told you before in the previous post, hubby and I are in the worship band at our church. So that means that on Friday nights (prayer/bible study) we do two to three songs - depending on how the spirit leads. On Sunday we do four to five, again depending on how the spirit leads. Anyway this past week we were beat! Spiritually, emotionally, physically, everythingly and to top it off, we had to go to physical therapy (see the newyears post here) and got out late (and sleepy) that we went straight home.

So since we missed Friday night service, I just knew that Sunday's service would be off the hook! It just makes the week that much better when you go to church to worship on Sundays!! Anyhow, on to Sunday. I had invited my favorite cousin Bianca to church a couple of weeks ago but something would always get in the way (work, bronchitis, etc) so she assured me that she would be there this Sunday. During the day she met up with a friend of mine from church named Veronica. Veronica is a beautiful Godly Woman that has the most cheerful spirit. She is really on her game when it comes to the Lord and I love that about her.

So service started at 6:30 and NO BIANCA IN SIGHT! aaaaahhhh where is she?!?! I am up there focused and praising the Lord - but NO Bianca. My heart starting to worry. If I happened to open my eyes during the worship, I would look to Veronica to see if Bianca had called her but Veronica didn't show any signs of worry.(our parking area is really small and most times is full to the max, so I had relayed to Veronica that Bianca might call her for parking info). We finish our set of Praised and Worship and Veronica gets up out of her seat and goes outside - so by then I am thinking - WOOHOO!! She's here! and sure enough, there they come walking in to the sanctuary! It was wonderful to see her come in and take in the Word.

Pastor preached about Generosity. He spoke about 2nd Corinthians 8:1-5 - Basically he relayed that there are times when we feel that we should only be generous if people are being generous with us. Sometimes it takes us being generous with others for them to in turn be generous with us and so forth. It was beautiful and people left service feeling very generous. (read on to find out what I mean)

2 Corinthians 8:1-5 (New Living Translation)
2 Corinthians 8
A Call to Generous Giving 1 Now I want you to know, dear brothers and sisters,[a] what God in his kindness has done through the churches in Macedonia. 2 They are being tested by many troubles, and they are very poor. But they are also filled with abundant joy, which has overflowed in rich generosity.
3 For I can testify that they gave not only what they could afford, but far more. And they did it of their own free will. 4 They begged us again and again for the privilege of sharing in the gift for the believers[b] in Jerusalem. 5 They even did more than we had hoped, for their first action was to give themselves to the Lord and to us, just as God wanted them to do.

So service is slowly coming to an end when Pastor feels that some people need ministering/prayer. So we all gather in the front of the sanctuary to sing and pray and it was beautiful to see others praying for each other. It was so touching and I knew that everyone needed it. It was a great way to end the service!

After service a few of us gathered together to grab some grub. Bianca came with us!! So we all head out to Chili's (our gathering place of choice) and this is where people start to feel generous. I tell the waitress that we (hubby and I) are paying for Bianca and Pastor chimes in and says, oh we were going to pay for Bianca. So I say ok, then we will pay for Veronica. Everyone gets a good laugh and all is well. We ate yummy food and had a great time. When the check came, Freddy decided he was gonna be generous and pay for Mario & Alex. - Just all around generosity!! :)

What a great weekend to be had!

Hasta!
Adri