Our Church Family

"Love your brothers and sisters in God's family" I Peter 2:17b

We are a family forged in the fires of God’s love, and we are to “be devoted to each other like a loving family” (Romans 12:10a GW). We are to love one another like brothers and sisters. This sense of family togetherness allows us to create authentic Christian community – where we are accepted, supported, and challenged to fully live out the purposes of our lives. We belong, and we help others believe they belong.
Family is synonymous with a deep, unwavering commitment to support one another, no matter how rough it may get. You do things for family that you wouldn’t do for anyone else – and you make allowances for family members that you might not make for anyone else.

Thanks, GCC!!!

Thanksgiving Blessings

My husband & I have devotions each morning. This morning we examined what it means to be blessed. Kinda appropriate being that Thanksgiving is almost upon us and even though the "world" sees the day as an excuse to stuff yourself and watch football, most of us will contemplate our many blessings. I found it interesting when I realized that being blessed does not mean I am "untroubled, healthy, admired, or prosperous". It means that all is well between me and my God. That I am content in God while I weep over a body that is sick, a mind that isn't as sharp as it used to be, a spirit that is crushed, or a relationship that causes hurt. I learned today that "the blessing is not that he gives us what we want but that he gives us himself, especially in our painful places". In that....I am truly blessed!!

Pre-Christmas Jitters

" Look, Charlie, let's face it. We all know that Christmas is a big commercial racket. It's run by a big eastern syndicate, you know"...Lucy Van Pelt (PEANUTS)

The holiday season is fast approaching and I must admit I am dragging my feet....

It is not that I don't like Christmas but I do find myself longing for a simpler version of the holiday season. Less focus on "to do" lists. More focus on reflection. If Christmas really does start in the heart...I guess it will be what I make it. If I really believe that the day belongs to Jesus, then, well, I'll give it back to Him. So I've purposed in my spirit to de-stress my holiday season. I'm hoping my flesh agrees.

Just a random thought......

Have you ever wondered about the person(s) who wrote this song??? Curious.


Lyrics for: Bohemian Rhapsody

Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? Caught in a landslide, No escape from reality. Open your eyes, look up to the skies and see, I'm just a poor boy, I need no sympathy, Because I'm easy come, easy go, little high, little low, Any way the wind blows doesn't really matter to me, to me. Mama, just killed a man, Put a gun against his head, pulled my trigger, now he's dead. Mama, life had just begun, But now I've gone and thrown it all away. Mama, ooh, didn't mean to make you cry, If I'm not back again this time tomorrow, Carry on, carry on as if nothing really matters. Too late, my time has come, Sends shivers down my spine, body's aching all the time. Goodbye, ev'rybody, I've got to go, Gotta leave you all behind and face the truth. Mama, ooh, I don't want to die, I sometimes wish I'd never been born at all. I see a little silhouetto of a man, Scaramouche, Scaramouche, will you do the Fandango. Thunderbolt and lightning, very, very fright'ning me. (Galileo.) Galileo. (Galileo.) Galileo, Galileo figaro Magnifico. I'm just a poor boy and nobody loves me. He's just a poor boy from a poor family, Spare him his life from this monstrosity. Easy come, easy go, will you let me go. Bismillah! No, we will not let you go. (Let him go!) Bismillah! We will not let you go. (Let him go!) Bismillah! We will not let you go. (Let me go.) Will not let you go. (Let me go.) Will not let you go. (Let me go.) Ah. No, no, no, no, no, no, no. (Oh mama mia, mama mia.) Mama mia, let me go. Beelzebub has a devil put aside for me, for me, for me. So you think you can stone me and spit in my eye. So you think you can love me and leave me to die. Oh, baby, can't do this to me, baby, Just gotta get out, just gotta get right outta here. Nothing really matters, anyone can see, Nothing really matters, Nothing really matters to me. Any way the wind blows.

What exactly IS a Bismillah????