Spent my morning checking out websites and blogs.  Man do I feel better about how far behind I am in updating my blog.  Now I do recognize that I’ve never really gotten the hang of updating weekly (or monthly), but of all the blogs I checked out only 2 were current.  LIFE HAPPENS!

That statement segues nicely to something Pastor Gene said this past week.  So many times we can allow “life to happen” and we don’t go out and live it.  We are the church – the ministers of the gospel – the greatest story ever told.  We must GO and tell it.

So I am PUMPED to take the CHURCH OUTSIDE THE BUILDING!  God has so fired up the people of The Gathering.  This new series “MIRACLES” has taken off and is so morphing into what God has in store for His people.  What started out talking about and encouraging people to recognize His MIRACLES, has sparked a fire within the hearts of our church family.  The simple purple wristband has given us a tool to share and invite people to hear the good news.

I’ve also learned that words that once had power, for some reason became “churchy” and were not used as much.  What does the word Miracle mean to you?  When you hear someone say it what comes to mind?   – a felt board with the illustration of Moses and the burning bush?  – a drawing of the man being let down through the roof of a home for Jesus to heal him?  Does the word evoke the skeptic in you?

Miracle; a surprising event that is not explainable by natural or scientific laws and is therefore considered to be the work of a divine agency… a highly improbable or extraordinary event, development, or accomplishment that brings very welcome consequences.

A baby; a wayward child coming home; an addict that has been set free; a mom healed of the dreadful disease called cancer; a check in the mail when you have no money or food for your family; hope when the bottom has fallen out; a smile when you believe that no one cares; the very breath of life….. Are all of these not miracles?  Divine intervention.  God’s hand; His love; His power…   The time of miracles has not past – it has been misrepresented.  We have such a distorted view of who God is and who we are in Him.

Jesus said in John14:12-13 (AMP)

¹²I assure you, most solemnly I tell you, if anyone steadfastly believes in Me, he will himself be able to do the things that I do; and he will do even greater things than these, because I go to the Father.

¹³And I will do [I Myself will grant] whatever you ask in My Name [as presenting all that I AM], so that the Father may be glorified and extolled in (through) the Son.

SO –  Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature. Mark 16:15 (KJV)

Thank you Father for stopping us on a chilly October day.  Thank you for allowing us the privilege to repent.  Thank you that we can come before you,  as a body, to get on the same page and GO.

Gathering – The Church has left the building.